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Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)               File No.:  EB-FIELDSCR-17-00025216 
JLF Communications, LLC )
Licensee of Radio Station KULF )
Facility ID #48653 )
)
Bellville, Texas )
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released:  January 5, 2018
By the Regional Director, Region Two, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the rules of the 
Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) 
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 to JLF Communications, LLC, licensee of 
AM station KULF, Bellville, Texas (Facility ID No. 48653) (Station).  Pursuant to Section 1.89(a) of the 
Commission’s rules, issuance of this Notice does not preclude the Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) from 
further action if warranted, including issuing a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for the 
violation noted herein.
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2. On December 11 and 12, 2017 Agents of the Bureau’s Dallas Field Office inspected the 
Station operating in Bellville, Texas and observed the following violations:
a. 47 CFR § 73.1745 (a):  “No broadcast station shall operate at times, or with modes or 
power, other than specified and made a part of the license, unless otherwise provided 
in this part.”
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  During the inspection on December 11 and 12, 2017, the Agents 
observed at 6:00 pm Central Standard Time (CST) that the Station continued to 
operate past sunset.  Based on the Commission’s records, on December 14, 2017, JLF 
Communications, LLC is licensed to operate daytime only, which would have ended 
at approximately 5:30 CST.
1
 47 CFR § 1.89.
2
 47 CFR § 1.89(a).  
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 47 CFR 73.1745 (a)
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3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
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 and 
Section 1.89 of the Commission’s rules, we seek additional information concerning the violation and any 
remedial actions taken.  Therefore, JLF Communications, LLC 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.
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4. In accordance with Section 1.16 of the Commission’s rules, we direct JLF 
Communications, LLC to support its response to this Notice with an affidavit or declaration under penalty 
of perjury, signed and dated by an authorized officer of JLF Communications, LLC with personal 
knowledge of the representations provided in JLF Communications, LLC’s response, verifying the truth 
and accuracy of the information therein,
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 and confirming that all of the information requested by this 
Notice which is in the JLF Communications, LLC’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.
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5. All replies and documentation sent in response to this Notice should be marked with the 
File No. specified above, and mailed to the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
Atlanta Regional Office
P.O. Box 1493
Powder Springs, GA 30127
6. This Notice shall be sent to JLF Communications, LLC at its address of record.  
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 47 U.S.C. § 308(b).
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 47 CFR § 1.89(c).
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 Section 1.16 of the Commission’s 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 CFR § 1.16.
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 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. See also 47 CFR § 1.17.
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7. The Privacy Act of 1974
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 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
       
Ronald Ramage
Regional Director
Region Two
Enforcement Bureau
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 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).