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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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CCR-Sierra Vista IV, LLC )
Licensee of )
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Radio Station KWCD ) File Nos. EB-09-SD-0113
Facility ID # 22972 ) EB-09-SD-0114
Bisbee, Arizona ) EB-09-SD-0115
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Radio Station KZMK )
Facility ID # 23445 )
Sierra Vista, Arizona )
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Radio Station KTAN ) NOV No. V200932940004
Facility ID # 23446 )
Sierra Vista, Arizona )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: September 23, 2009
By the District Director, San Diego 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 CCR-Sierra Vista IV, LLC ("CCR"),
licensee of radio stations KWCD, Bisbee, Arizona, KZMK, Sierra Vista,
Arizona, and KTAN, Sierra Vista, Arizona.
2. On September 2, 2009, agents of the Enforcement Bureau's San Diego
Office inspected stations KWCD, KZMK and KTAN, located at 2300 Busby
Drive, Sierra Vista, Arizona, and observed the following violation:
47 C.F.R. S: 73.3526(e)(12): "For commercial AM and FM broadcast stations,
every three months a list of programs that have provided the station's
most significant treatment of community issues during the preceding three
month period. ... The list shall include a brief narrative describing what
issues were given significant treatment and what programming that provided
this treatment. The description of the programs shall include, but shall
not be limited to the time, date, duration, and the title of each program
in which the issue was treated...." The issues/program lists found in the
public inspection files for KWCD, KZMK and KTAN were not drafted in a
format that provided all the information as required by this rule section.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, CCR 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 taken to correct each violation,
preclude recurrence, and should include a time line for completion of
pending corrective actions.
4. The response must be complete in itself and signed by a principal or
officer of CCR-Sierra Vista IV, 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
San Diego District Office
4542 Ruffner Street, Suite 370
San Diego, CA 92111
5. This Notice shall be sent to by Certified Mail/Return Receipt
Requested and regular mail to CCR-Sierra Vista IV, LLC, at its address
of record.
6. 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
William R. Zears Jr.
District Director
San Diego 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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