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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Pentecostal Temple Development Corporation ) File No.:  EB-FIELDNER-17-00025268
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Licensee of Station WGBN ) 
Facility ID # 59695 )
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McKeesport, Pennsylvania )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: February 1, 2018
By the Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the 
Commission’s rules (Rules)
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 to Pentecostal Temple Development Corporation (Pentecostal), licensee of 
AM Station WGBN serving McKeesport, Pennsylvania.  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 violations noted herein.
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2. On June 26, 2017, agents of the Enforcement Bureau’s Region One inspected WGBN 
station facilities in Lincoln Borough, Pennsylvania and observed the following violations:
a. 47 CFR § 73.1350(c)(1): “Monitoring procedures and schedules must enable the 
licensee to determine compliance with § 73.1560 regarding operating power and 
AM station mode of operation, § 73.1570 regarding modulation levels, and, 
where applicable, §73.1213 regarding antenna tower lighting, and §73.69 
regarding the parameters of an AM directional antenna system”  At the time of 
inspection there were no procedures and schedules in place for monitoring the 
transmitter’s operating power, modulation levels, obstruction lighting, and 
parameters of the AM directional antenna system including monitoring points, 
antenna currents, and antenna phases.   
b. 47 CFR § 73.1350(c)(2): “Monitoring equipment must be periodically calibrated 
so as to provide reliable indications of transmitter operating parameters with a 
known degree of accuracy.  Errors inherent in monitoring equipment and the 
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 47 CFR § 1.89.
2
 47 CFR § 1.89(a).  
calibration procedure must be taken into account when adjusting operating 
parameters to ensure that the limits imposed by the technical rules and the station 
authorization are not exceeded.”  At the time of inspection there were no 
calibration procedures in place to ensure the transmitter metering was operating 
properly and providing reliable readings. 
c. 47 CFR. § 73 158(a): “When a licensee of a station using a directional antenna 
system finds that a field monitoring point, as specified on the station 
authorization, is no longer accessible or is unsuitable because of nearby 
construction or other disturbances to the measured field, an application to change 
the monitoring point location, including FCC Form 302-AM, is to be promptly 
submitted to the FCC in Washington, DC.”  At the time of the inspection, the 
monitoring points along the 6 degrees radial, 86 degrees radial, and 286 degrees 
radial were no longer accessible and no FCC Form 302-AM had been submitted 
to the Commission.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
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 Section 
403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
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 and Section 1.89 of the Rules, we seek additional 
information concerning the violations and any remedial actions taken.  Therefore, Pentecostal 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 Rules, we direct Pentecostal to support its 
response to this Notice with an affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury, signed and dated by an 
authorized officer of Pentecostal with personal knowledge of the representations provided in Pentecostal’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 Pentecostal’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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3
 47 U.S.C. § 308(b).
4
 47 U.S.C. § 403.
5
 47 CFR § 1.89(c).
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 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 CFR § 1.16.
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 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. See also 47 CFR § 1.17.
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
Columbia Regional Office
P.O. Box 130
Columbia, Maryland  20145
6. This Notice shall be sent to Pentecostal Temple Development Corporation, 6300 East 
Liberty Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15206 and its counsel, Dan Alpert, 2120 North 21
st
 Road, 
Arlington, Virginia  22201.
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
David C. Dombrowski
Regional Director
Region One
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
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 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).