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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Venture Technologies Group, LLC ) File No. EB-08-LA-0309
Licensee of Class A Television Station KSFV-LP )
Facility ID # 49704 )
Los Angeles, California )
) NOV No. V200932900004
)
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: November 17, 2008
By the Acting Interim District Director, Los Angeles Office, Western
Region, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules, to Venture Technologies Group, LLC,
licensee of Class A television station KSFV-LP in Los Angeles,
California.
2. On September 11, 2008, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's Los
Angeles Office inspected Class A television station KSFV-LP located on
Mt Harvard, Los Angeles, California, and observed the following
violation:
a. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.682(a)(15): "TV Transmission standards: The effective
radiated power of the aural transmitter must not exceed 22% of the
peak radiated power of the visual transmitter." At the time of
inspection, the agent observed that the effective radiated power of
the aural transmitter of KSFV-LP was 171% of the station's visual
transmitter.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Venture Technologies
Group, LLC, must submit a written statement concerning this matter
within 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 a
principal or officer of Venture Technologies Group, LLC. 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
Los Angeles Office
18000 Studebaker Rd., Suite 660
Cerritos, California 90703
4. This Notice shall be sent to by Certified Mail/Return Receipt
Requested and regular mail to Venture Technologies Group, LLC at its
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
Margaret Egler
Acting Interim District Director
Los Angeles District Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
47 U.S.C. S: 403.
P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).
18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq.
Federal Communications Commission
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