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FCC Report 5/1: Roger Wahl Given Final Opportunity To Treat License Hearing With "Appropriate Seriousness"

Posted: 01 May 2022 09:00 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/224793/fcc-report-5-1-roger-wahl-given-final-opportunity-to-treat-license-hearing-with-appropriate-seriousness/



As the license revocation hearing against Roger Wahls Oldies 93.3 WQZS Meyersdale PA continues, FCC Administrative Law Judge Jane Hinckley Halprin
is warning Wahl to treat the proceeding with appropriate seriousness.

Judge Halprin states that Wahl is put on notice that any additional failure
to satisfy a deadline or follow an order could provide a basis for
dismissal of this proceeding, which, in turn, will lead to revocation of
his FCC license and gave him one more opportunity to comply with the order given earlier in the proceedings. She wrote that she has endeavored to be
as clear as possible in informing Mr. Wahl of his obligations as the FCC procedures can be confusing for a non-attorney, but that it is his responsibility to educate himself regarding FCC procedures as he has chosen
to represent himself in the hearing.

Wahl was served a First Request for Production of Documents and Thing on
March 14, with the response due within ten calendar days. On March 26, Wahl responded that he had emailed the response after receiving an error message trying to upload the documents to the FCCs ECFS filing system. After a back
and forth, Wahl was given until April 8 to respond by properly uploading
the documents and to send a new email to the Presiding Judge, her Special Counsel, and the Enforcement Bureau transmitting those materials. He failed
to do so nor did he respond to any additional communications.

Wahl is being given one final deadline to upload the documents, which now
must be done by May 6 and email the Judge, Special Counsel, and Enforcement Bureau. He is also required to provide more complete responses to the FCCs document request and interrogatories by May 25 as Halprin writes, As Mr.
Wahl is operating without counsel, and now that his filing obligations have been further explained, he will be given a significant but reasonable
amount of time to provide the additional information required by this order.


At its May Open Meeting, the FCC will vote on a petition by Educational
Media Foundation and antenna manufacturers Dielectric, Jampro Antennas,
Radio Frequency Systems, and Shively Labs to allow FM antenna directional pattern verification by computer modeling.

Currently applicants must verify a directional pattern with real world measurements by building a full-size mockup of the antenna and supporting structures or by constructing a scale model of the antenna and structures.
The proposal would bring the FM directional antenna rules into conformity
with other broadcast services.

As part of the rulemaking, the first time the directional pattern of a particular model of antenna is verified using computer results, the
applicant would be required to submit both computer modeling and
measurements and the current mockup or model. Once the particular antenna
type or series of elements has been verified, subsecquent applications
using the same antenna model number or elements and same modeling software
can cross-reference the original submission.


The following licensees have reached consent decrees for failing to
maintain their political files:

45 North Media Inc. licensee of WMJZ-FM Gaylord MI
Gow Media LLC licensee of KFNC Mont Belvieu TX
Inland Northwest Broadcasting LLC licensee of KMAX Colfax WA
Moy Communications Inc. licensee of KOKU Agana GU
Richard L. Garcia Broadcasting Inc. licensee of KDCE Espanola NM
Resonate Hawaii LLC licensee of KKOA Volcano, KBGX Keaau, KHWI Holualoa, KTBH-FM Kurtistown, KWYI Kawaihae, and KHBC Hilo HI
Socorro Community Radio LLC licensee of KYRN Socorro NM

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