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                                   Before the

                       Federal Communications Commission

                             Washington, D.C. 20554

   In the Matter of )

   )

   Family Stations, Inc. ) File No. EB-FIELDWR-12-00003233

   Licensee of FM Broadcast Station KPFR )

   )

   Facility ID # 85834 )

   ) NOV No. V201332920007

   Pine Grove, Oregon )

                              NOTICE OF VIOLATION

   Released: January 22, 2013

   By the Resident Agent, Portland Resident Agent Office, Western Region,
   Enforcement Bureau:

    1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to Section 1.89
       of the Commission's rules (Rules), to Family Stations, Inc., license
       of FM Broadcast Station in Pine Grove, Oregon. Pursuant to Section
       1.89(a) of the Rules, issuance of this Notice does not preclude the
       Enforcement Bureau from further action if warranted, including issuing
       a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for the violation(s)
       noted herein.

    2. On June 14, 2012, in response to a complaint, an agent of the
       Enforcement Bureau's Portland Office inspected KPFR transmitting
       facility located at the Timberline Communications Site, west of the
       Timberline Lodge in the Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon and  observed
       the following violations:

     a. 47 C.F.R. S:73.1350(a): "Each licensee is responsible for maintaining
        and operating its broadcast station in a manner ... in accordance
        with the terms of the station authorization." During the inspection
        on June 14, 2012, the inspecting agent observed that KPFR operated on
        the frequency 89.5 MHz with a vertically polarized directional
        antenna model Shiverly Labs 6513-1 located on a pole at the
        Timberline Communications Site. The agent measured this antenna's
        radiation center with a laser rangefinder and determined that the
        antenna's radiation center was approximately 5 meters lower than the
        authorized value in the terms of the station authorization.

    3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
       amended, and Section 1.89 of the Rules, we seek additional information
       concerning the violations and any remedial actions taken. Therefore,
       Family Stations, Inc., must submit a written statement concerning this
       matter within twenty (20) days of release of this Notice. The response
       (i) must fully explain each violation, including all relevant
       surrounding facts and circumstances, (ii) must contain a statement of
       the specific action(s) taken to correct each violation and preclude
       recurrence, and (iii) must include a time line for completion of any
       pending corrective action(s). The response must be complete in itself 
       and must not be abbreviated by reference to other communications or
       answers to other notices.

    4. In accordance with Section 1.16 of the Rules, we direct Family
       Stations, Inc.  to support its response to this Notice with an
       affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury, signed and dated by
       an authorized officer of Family Stations, Inc., with personal
       knowledge of the representations provided in Family Stations, Inc.,
       response, verifying the truth and accuracy of the information therein,
       and confirming that all of the information requested by this Notice
       which is in the regulatee's possession, custody, control, or knowledge
       has been produced. To knowingly and willfully make any false statement
       or conceal any material fact in reply to this Notice is punishable by
       fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. Code.

    5. 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

   Portland Resident Agent Office

   P.O. Box 61469

   Vancouver, WA 98666-1469

    6. This Notice shall be sent to the Family Stations, Inc., at its address
       of record.

    7. 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.

   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

   Binh Nguyen

   Resident Agent

   Portland Resident Agent Office

   Western Region

   Enforcement Bureau

   47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.

   47 C.F.R. S: 1.89(a).

   47 U.S.C. S: 308(b).

   47 C.F.R. S: 1.89(c).

   Section 1.16 of the Rules provides that "[a]ny document to be filed with
   the Federal Communications Commission and which is required by any law,
   rule or other regulation of the United States to be supported, evidenced,
   established or proved by a written sworn declaration, verification,
   certificate, statement, oath or affidavit by the person making the same,
   may be supported, evidenced, established or proved by the unsworn
   declaration, certification, verification, or statement in writing of such
   person . . . . Such declaration shall be subscribed by the declarant as
   true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following
   form . . . : `I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of
   perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date).
   (Signature)'." 47 C.F.R. S: 1.16.

   18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq. See also 47 C.F.R. S: 1.17.

   P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).

   Federal Communications Commission

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