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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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James J. Chladek ) File No. EB-08-NY-0093
Licensee of Radio Station WXMC )
Facility ID # 29957 ) NOV No. V200832380035
Parsippany-Troy Hill, New Jersey )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: June 19, 2008
By the District Director, New York Office, Northeast Region, Enforcement
Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules to James J. Chladek, licensee of radio
station WXMC in Parsippany-Troy Hill, New Jersey.
2. On March 17, 2008, an agent of the Commission's New York Office
inspected radio station WXMC located at 1 Percypenny Lane, Parsippany,
New Jersey, and observed the following violations:
a. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.3526(e)(9): "Every permittee or licensee of an AM,
FM, TV or Class A TV station in the commercial broadcast services
shall maintain a public inspection file containing...[l]etters and
e-mail from the public. All written comments and suggestions
received from the public regarding operation of the station, unless
the letter writer has requested that the letter not be made public or
when the licensee feels that it should be excluded from public
inspection because of the nature of its content, such as a defamatory
or obscene letter. Letters and electronic mail messages shall be
retained for a period of three years from the date on which they are
received by the licensee." At the time of inspection, the public
inspection file did not contain letters and e-mails received from the
public.
b. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.3526(e)(14): "Every permittee or licensee of an AM,
FM, TV or Class A TV station in the commercial broadcast services
shall maintain a public inspection file containing...[r]adio and
television time brokerage agreements. For commercial radio and
television stations, a copy of every agreement or contract involving
time brokerage of the licensee's station or of another station by the
licensee, whether the agreement involves stations in the same markets
or in differing markets, with confidential or proprietary information
redacted where appropriate. These records shall be retained as long
as the contract or agreement is in force." At the time of inspection,
the public inspection file did not contain a copy of an active time
brokerage agreement.
c. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.1590(a)(6): "The licensee of each AM, FM, TV and
Class A TV station, except licensees of Class D non-commercial
educational FM stations authorized to operate with 10 watts or less
output power, must make equipment performance measurements for each
main transmitter as follows: Annually, for AM stations, with not more
than 14 months between measurements." At the time of inspection,
there were no equipment performance measurements available for
inspection.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, James J. Chladek
must submit a written statement concerning this matter within twenty
(20) days of release of this Notice. The response must fully explain
each violation, must contain a statement of the specific action(s)
taken to correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and should
include a time line for completion of pending corrective action(s).
The response must be complete in itself and signed by James J.
Chladek. All replies and documentation sent in response to this Notice
should be marked with the File No. and NOV No. specified above, and
mailed to the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
New York Office
201 Varick Street, Suite 1151
New York, NY 10014
4. This Notice shall be sent to James J. Chladek at his address of
record.
5. The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that we advise you that the
Commission will use all relevant material information before it,
including any information disclosed in your reply, to determine what,
if any, enforcement action is required to ensure compliance. Any false
statement made knowingly and willfully in reply to this Notice is
punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. Code.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Daniel W. Noel
District Director
New York Office
Northeast Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
47 U.S.C. S: 308(b).
P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).
18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq.
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