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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Radio One, Inc. ) File No. EB-FIELDSCR-12-00003025
) NOV No. V201232700009
)
Orlando, Florida )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: July 6th, 2012
By the District Director, Tampa 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 Radio One Communications Service Company
in Orlando, Florida.
2. On May 2, 2012, agents of the Enforcement Bureau's Tampa Office
inspected Station WQOB390 located in Lakeland, Florida, and observed
the following violation:
a. 47 C.F.R. S: 90.427(b): "Except for frequencies used in accordance
with S: 90.417, no person shall program into a transmitter
frequencies for which the licensee using the transmitter is not
authorized." At the time of the inspection, agents found that Florida
Presbyterian Homes was operating on unauthorized frequencies. The
agents later determined that Radio One, Inc. had programmed radio
transmitting equipment for Florida Presbyterian Homes with three
unauthorized frequencies, 152.960, 151.940, and 156.000 MHz.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Radio One, Inc. 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, to 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
Radio One Communications Service Company. 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
Tampa Office
4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 425
Tampa, Florida, 33607
4. This Notice shall be sent to by Certified Mail/Return Receipt
Requested and First Class Mail to Radio One Communications Service
Company 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
Ralph M. Barlow
District Director
Tampa District Office
South Central Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
Radio One Inc. has several licenses in the Industrial/Business Pool,
Conventional Service.
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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Federal Communications Commission