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                                   Before the

                       Federal Communications Commission

                             Washington, D.C. 20554

   In the Matter of )

   )

   Church of the Living God Ministries ) File No. EB-09-DT-0170

   Licensee of NCE Radio Station WTKC )

   Facility ID# 92793 ) NOV No. V201032360007

   Findlay, OH )

   )

   )

                              NOTICE OF VIOLATION

                                                  Released:  March  25,  2010

   By the District Director, Detroit Office, Northeast, Enforcement Bureau:

    1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
       1.89 of the Commission's Rules to Church of the Living God Ministries,
       licensee of non-commercial FM radio station WTKC in Findlay, OH.

    2. On August 26, 2009, agents of the Commission's Detroit Office radio
       station WTKC  located in Findlay, OH, and observed the following
       violation(s):

     a. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.1350(b)(2): "The transmitter control personnel must
        have the capability to turn the transmitter off at all times. If the
        personnel are at a remote location, the control system must provide
        this capability continuously or must include an alternate method of
        acquiring control that can satisfy the requirement of paragraph (d)
        of this section that operation be terminated within 3 minutes."
        Church of the Living God Ministries operates station WTKC on an
        unattended basis but does not have the capability to terminate
        operations of the WTKC transmitter within 3 minutes. The personnel
        designated by the licensee to control the transmitter must have the
        capability to turn the transmitter off at all times, or include an
        alternate method of taking control of the transmitter which can
        terminate the station's operation within 3 minutes.

     b. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.3527(e)(8)(i): "For nonexempt noncommercial
        educational radio 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
        for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the tenth day of the
        succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the quarter
        October-December, April 10 for the quarter January-March, etc.)...."
        At the time of inspection, the public inspection file did not contain
        issues/programs list for the first quarter 2008 and second quarter
        2009.

    3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
       amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules,  Church of the
       Living God Ministries, 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 a principal or officer of the Church of the Living God
       Ministries. 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

   Detroit Office

   24897 Hathaway St.

   Farmington Hills, MI 48335-1552

    4. This Notice shall be sent to Church of the Living God Ministries  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

   James A. Bridgewater

   District Director

   Detroit District 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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