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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Puerto Rico Broadcasting Corp. ) File No. EB-10-SJ-0013
Licensee of TV Station WIPR-TV )
Facility ID # 53859 ) NOV No. V201132680001
San Juan, PR )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: February 1, 2011
By the Resident Agent, San Juan Office, South Central Region, Enforcement
Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules to Puerto Rico Broadcasting Corp.,
licensee of educational digital television station WIPR-TV, San Juan,
PR.
2. On April 13, 2010, an agent of the Commission's San Juan Office of the
Enforcement Bureau inspected television station WIPR located in San
Juan, Puerto Rico, and observed the following violation(s):
47 C.F.R. S: 73.3527(a)(2): "Responsibility to maintain a file. The
following shall maintain for public inspection a file containing the
material set forth in this section. ... (2) Every permittee or licensee of
an AM, FM, or TV station in the noncommercial educational broadcast
services shall maintain a public inspection file..." At the time of
inspection, there was no public inspection file for WIPR-TV.
47 C.F.R. S: 73.1870(a): "The licensee of each AM, FM, TV or Class A TV
broadcast station must designate a person to serve as the station's chief
operator..." At the time of inspection, there was no designated chief
operator.
3. Pursuant to section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Puerto Rico
Broadcasting Corp., 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 licensee. 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 Juan Office
762 Federal Building
Hato Rey, PR 00918
4. This Notice shall be sent to Puerto Rico Broadcasting Corp. 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
William Berry
Resident Agent
San Juan District Office
South Central 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.
Federal Communications Commission
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