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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Idaho Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Inc. ) File No.:
EB-FIELDWR-13-00010207
Licensee of Station KOAY )
) NOV No.: V201332920016
)
Middleton, Idaho ) Facility ID: 61307
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: August 1, 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 the Idaho Conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists, Inc. (Idaho Conference), licensee of radio
station KOAY in Middleton, Idaho. 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 July 17, 2013, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's Portland Office
inspected radio station KOAY located at 16115 South Montana Avenue,
Caldwell, Idaho, and observed the following violation:
a. 47 C.F.R. S 73.3527(e)(8): "For non-exempt noncommercial 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.). The list shall include a brief
narrative describing what issues were given significant treatment and
the programming that provided this treatment..." During the
inspection conducted on July 17, 2013, the agent observed that KOAY
did not have the 2^nd Quarter 2013 Issues and Programs lists in the
station's Public Inspection File.
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, Idaho Conference, 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 Idaho
Conference to support its response to this Notice with an affidavit
or declaration under penalty of perjury, signed and dated by an
authorized officer of Idaho Conference with personal knowledge of the
representations provided in Idaho Conference's 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
licensee'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
PO Box 61469
Vancouver, WA 98666-1469
6. This Notice shall be sent to the Idaho Conference of Seventh-Day
Adventists, Inc. at the 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).
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