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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Wagenvoord Advertising Group, Inc. ) File No.: EB-FIELDSCR-12-00000481
Licensee of Radio Station KLRG-AM ) NOV No.: V201232620002
) Facility ID # 14053
Sheridan, AR )
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: February 17, 2012
By the District Director, New Orleans 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 Wagenvoord Advertising Group, Inc.,
licensee of Station KLRG-AM in Sheridan, Arkansas.
2. On January 25, 2012, an agent of the Commission's New Orleans Office
inspected Station KLRG-AM and observed the following violations:
a. 47 CFR S: 11.52(d): "EAS Participants must monitor two EAS sources.
The monitoring assignments of each broadcast station and cable system
and wireless cable system are specified in the State EAS Plan and FCC
Mapbook. They are developed in accordance with FCC monitoring
priorities." At the time of inspection, Station KLRG-AM was
monitoring the National Weather Service but was not monitoring the
two assignments specified in the State EAS Plan.
b. 47 CFR S: 73.1740(a)(1): "All commercial broadcast stations are
required to operate not less than the following minimum hours: AM and
FM stations. Two-thirds of the total hours they are authorized to
operate between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time and two-thirds of the
total hours they are authorized to operate between 6 p.m. and
midnight, local time, each day of the week except Sunday." At the
time of inspection, Station KLRG-AM's engineer admitted the station
had not operated at night for at least the last two months.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's rules, Wagenvoord
Advertising Group, Inc., 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 Wagenvoord Advertising Group, Inc.
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 Orleans Office
2424 Edenborn Ave., Suite 460
Metairie, LA 70001
4. This Notice shall be sent to Wagenvoord Advertising Group, Inc. 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
Walter Gernon
District Director
New Orleans District Office
South Central Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
47 U.S.C. S: 308(b).
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).
18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq.
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