1988 Violations
| Section |
Call |
Type |
Fine |
Reduced
to |
Description |
| 1.89 |
KMTY |
NAL |
$1,000 |
|
Failure
to respond to Official Notice of Violations (FCC Form 793) |
| 17.23 |
KGU |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Bottom
orange band on tower not same width as other bands |
| 17.23 |
KHNL |
790 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
painted with 3 alternating bands instead of required 7. |
| 17.23 |
KHON-TV |
790 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
painted with 3 alternating bands instead of required 7. |
| 17.23 |
KITV |
790 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
painted with 3 alternating bands instead of required 7. |
| 17.23 |
KKON |
790 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint is cracked, chipped and faded. |
| 17.23 |
KQMQ |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Bottom
orange band on tower not same width as others. |
| 17.23 |
WDSG |
NAL |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint in poor condition |
| 17.23 |
WIAC-FM |
790 |
$0 |
|
Orange
tower paint faded |
| 17.23 |
WUSJ-FM |
NAL |
$750 |
$750 |
tower
painting did not match station authorization (even though FAA says no hazard,
license needs modification) |
| 17.25(a)(1) |
KGU |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
top beacon not flashing |
| 17.25(a)(1) |
KQMQ |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Beacon
flasher no work |
| 17.25(a)(2) |
KXCI |
793 |
$0 |
|
Bad
side light on tower leased by station. Fixed by tower owner. I wonder about
required daily inspections of tower lighting. |
| 17.25(a)(2) |
WUSJ-FM |
NAL |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
required
tower side lights not present (even though FAA says no hazard, license
needs modification) |
| 17.25(a)(3) |
KCUE |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
light photocell may need adjustment. Lights not on at 9:50 pm and three
other towers in area had been lit for about 30 minutes |
| 17.26(a)(1) |
KEZL |
NAL |
$500 |
|
Tower
light not red in all directions. In one direction, relatively close to
tower, on ground, white light was visible |
| 17.26(a)(2) |
KHVH |
790 |
$0 |
$0 |
Side
light 2/3 up tower doesn't work |
| 17.26(a)(2) |
KMCO |
793 |
$0 |
|
Only
one set of side lights while Rules and license require two sets. |
| 17.26(a)(2) |
KZOO |
790 |
$0 |
$0 |
Side
light at 2/3 up no work |
| 17.26(a)(2) |
WFRM |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
had one set of side lights and license specified 2 sets. FAA happy with
just 1 set, but license still needs modification |
| 17.26(a)(3) |
WFRM |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
light photosensor did not turn lights off when exposed to sufficient illumination
after testing |
| 17.47 |
KMJ |
NAL |
$500 |
|
Beacon
stuck on and daily inspection (by remote control) did not catch flasher
failure. |
| 17.47(a) |
KHYV |
NAL |
$1,000 |
|
Beacon
on one of three towers out and FAA not notified. Station argued it knew
it was out, FAA was notified, and no air hazard. In station log? |
| 17.47(a) |
KLAV |
NAL |
$500 |
|
Failed
to observe over at least 4 days that a tower side light was out. No indication
station was aware and no entry in station log. |
| 17.47(a)(1)(b) |
WIMG |
NAL |
$500 |
|
No
record of daily or quarterly tower lighting inspections |
| 17.47(b) |
KILE |
NAL |
$0 |
|
No
record of quarterly tower lighting equipment inspection |
| 17.48 |
KRAI |
NAL |
$0 |
$0 |
Top
beacon on one tower on continuously (not flashing) |
| 17.48(a) |
KGOL |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Top
beacon on one tower inoperable and FAA not notified. |
| 17.48(a) |
KODK |
NAL |
$2,000 |
|
Lighting
on antenna support tower inoperative and FAA not notified. |
| 17.48(a) |
WIGY |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
beacon out for at least 12 days before reported to FAA. Must be reported
within 30 minutes of observation and daily observation required. |
| 17.48(a) |
WNSL |
NAL |
$1,000 |
|
Failure
to report observed tower beacon failure to FAA within 30 minutes. Instead,
FAA was notified 3 months after failure observed, onFCCs direction |
| 17.48(b) |
KAPY |
793 |
$0 |
|
One
of the sidelights on one tower extinguished. Replace as soon as possible |
| 17.48(b) |
KONP |
793 |
$0 |
|
Midpoint
sidelights are extinguished |
| 17.48(b) |
WFIN |
790 |
$0 |
|
Side
light "appears to be malfunctioning". |
| 17.48(b) |
WWGP |
790 |
$0 |
|
Failure
to replace tower side lamp |
| 17.49 |
WLIX |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
side light is out. Not recorded in station log. |
| 17.50 |
KAPY |
793 |
$0 |
|
Towers
need repainting |
| 17.50 |
KFRE |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Towers
need painting. |
| 17.50 |
KGKL |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint flaking, peeling and faded. |
| 17.50 |
KGU |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint faded, cracked and chipped. |
| 17.50 |
KHVH |
790 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint faded, cracked and chipped |
| 17.50 |
KLIF |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint chipped and faded. |
| 17.50 |
KMNS |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
1 had flaking paint and some bare metal exposed |
| 17.50 |
KOAC |
790 |
$0 |
|
Towers
need painting |
| 17.50 |
KONP |
793 |
$0 |
|
Towers
need repainting |
| 17.50 |
KPLA |
790 |
$0 |
|
Paint
has faded to acceptable limit. Better paint pretty soon. |
| 17.50 |
KQMQ |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint faded, cracked and chipped |
| 17.50 |
KRFD |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint faded |
| 17.50 |
KWTO |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint flaking and peeling |
| 17.50 |
KYTE |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs painting |
| 17.50 |
KZOO |
790 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint faded, cracked and chipped |
| 17.50 |
WAMD |
790 |
$0 |
|
Paint
on tower 2 faded and peeling |
| 17.50 |
WCRT |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint faded and peeling |
| 17.50 |
WDAN |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs painting |
| 17.50 |
WFIN |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint is beginning to chip |
| 17.50 |
WFIR |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint chipped and faded |
| 17.50 |
WFKY |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint chipped and faded |
| 17.50 |
WFKZ |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs painting |
| 17.50 |
WILK |
793 |
$0 |
|
Towers
need painting. Station petitioned FAA to remove lighting/marking requirement.
FAA denied. |
| 17.50 |
WKYW |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs repainting |
| 17.50 |
WLBR |
793 |
$0 |
|
Towers
need painting. Inspection in July. Station contracted for work previous
April. Contractors busy schedule required new contractor to be found |
| 17.50 |
WMPP |
790 |
$0 |
|
Towers
7 & 9 need repainting |
| 17.50 |
WPDM |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs repainting |
| 17.50 |
WPDM |
NAL |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint faded and chipped |
| 17.50 |
WRDR |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs painting |
| 17.50 |
WRMS |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint peeling and fading |
| 17.50 |
WSIA |
793 |
$0 |
|
Large
areas of paint chipped from tower. Remainder of paint very faded. |
| 17.50 |
WSNJ |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs painting. |
| 17.50 |
WSNN |
NAL |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint chipped and faded |
| 17.50 |
WSNN |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs repainting |
| 17.50 |
WUSJ |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
needs repainting |
| 17.50 |
WXLE |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint was beginning to chip. |
| 17.51 |
WXLE |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
side light was out |
| 17.51(a) |
KDWA |
793 |
$0 |
|
One
bulb in top beacon out. All side lights out. |
| 17.56 |
KQQQ |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Did
not repair or replace bad tower lighting as soon as practicable. Over 4
month delay. Should be corrected within 15 days |
| 17.56 |
WCRT |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
beacon stuck on |
| 73.1120(a) |
WSSY |
790 |
$0 |
|
Failure
to inform FCC that longitude on station authorization is incorrect (would
place station in Lake Michigan) |
| 73.1125(b) |
WKYW |
790 |
$0 |
|
No
evidence that the FCC in Washington had been notified of studio relocation |
| 73.1201 |
KOY-FM |
793 |
$0 |
|
FCC
could not hear official part of ID. Station said it ran. |
| 73.1201 |
KWCX |
793 |
$0 |
|
Failure
to run ID. Looks like station signed off but left tx on over night. Station
responded that ops have been instructed to run IDs. |
| 73.1201(a) |
KISA |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
No
station ID. Transmitted dead carrier for about 1.75 hours |
| 73.1201(a) |
KOY-FM |
793 |
$0 |
|
No
station ID at 3:00 am, but station thinks it was run. |
| 73.1201(a) |
KOY-FM |
793 |
$0 |
|
ID
not heard between 12:30 and 4:45am. Station replied that poor dub of ID
on end of promo may have made ID unclear, but it still ran. |
| 73.1201(a) |
WXLE |
790 |
$0 |
|
No
station identification on top of hour. NOTE definition of station identification. |
| 73.1201(a)(2) |
KMLE |
790 |
$0 |
|
ID
ran at 8 past hour when break in programming would have allowed it to run
on hour. |
| 73.1201(a)(2) |
WEGA |
790 |
$0 |
|
Failure
to do station ID. Transmitted unmodulated carrier from 1 pm to 458 am |
| 73.1201(b) |
WKDS |
790 |
$0 |
|
Station
identification did not identify community as specified on station license |
| 73.1201(b)(1) |
WMNT |
790 |
$0 |
|
ID
did not have community of license immediately following call letters. |
| 73.1201(b)(1) |
WPAB |
790 |
$0 |
|
ID
did not have community of license immediately following call letters |
| 73.1201(b)(1) |
WVWI |
790 |
$0 |
|
ID
did not consist of call letters followed immediately by community specified
on license |
| 73.1201(b)(1) |
WZOL |
790 |
$0 |
|
ID
did not have community of license immediately following call letters |
| 73.1201(b)(2) |
WCRP |
790 |
$0 |
|
ID
did not have call letters immediately followed by community specified on
license |
| 73.1213 |
KBHB |
NAL |
$0 |
$0 |
More
tower lighting than license says |
| 73.1213 |
KCHB |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
needs painting |
| 73.1213 |
KCJB |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Paint
bad on one of several towers. Lighting not according to license on one
of several towers |
| 73.1213 |
KFGO |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Wrong
paint on tower |
| 73.1213 |
KKMG |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Tower
paint chipped and faded, bad side light |
| 73.1213 |
KLMR |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Paint
bad. Lighting does not matc license. |
| 73.1213 |
KLTC |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Side
light on one of four towers bad |
| 73.1213 |
WBMQ |
793 |
$0 |
|
Top
beacon on one tower was out |
| 73.1213 |
WBMQ |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Lights
on South tower completely out |
| 73.1213 |
WLTB |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
lighting is ok, but does not match license. License needs to be modified. |
| 73.1213 |
WSGA |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Beacon
stuck on |
| 73.1213 |
WVOK |
790 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint faded |
| 73.1213(a) |
KMMZ |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Bad
paint, top beacon no operate |
| 73.1213(a) |
KODI |
793 |
$0 |
$0 |
Beacon
not red, bad side light |
| 73.1213(b) |
KGOL |
NAL |
$300 |
|
No
record of daily observation of tower lights. Required? |
| 73.1213(b) |
KILE |
NAL |
$300 |
|
No
record of daily tower light inspection. Required? |
| 73.1213(b) |
KOLE |
NAL |
$300 |
|
No
record of daily observation of tower lights. I don't think this is required,
need only log failures, repairs and quarterly inspections. |
| 73.1213(b) |
KPLV |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Quarterly
inspection of tower lighting equipment not logged. |
| 73.1213(b) |
WCEN |
NAL |
$1,000 |
|
Top
flashing beacon on one tower was out, had been logged as out, but FAA not
notified. |
| 73.1213(b) |
WHOU |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint severly faded and bare metal exposed in spots |
| 73.1213(b) |
WSKW |
793 |
$0 |
|
Tower
paint very faded. Tower rust visible through white paint. |
| 73.1213(c) |
WVLN |
790 |
$0 |
|
Failure
to make available agreement as to which of two licensees is responsible
for tower lighting and marking |
| 73.1215 |
WVOZ-FM |
790 |
$0 |
|
Transmitter
percentage output power meter 7% out of calibration. |
| 73.1215(b)(2) |
WIZO |
NAL |
$0 |
$0 |
Base
current meter FS more than 3 times minimum normal indication |
| 73.1215(d)(1) |
WNYG |
793 |
$0 |
|
Remote
antenna ammeter read 8% low |
| 73.1215(e) |
WIZF |
790 |
$0 |
|
Remote
plate voltage disagreed with local by more than 2%. NOTE 73.1215(a) specifies
accuracy for remote antenna ammeters, not Ep meters. |
| 73.1215(f) |
KKCM |
790 |
$0 |
|
Antenna
monitor phase meter needle appeared to stick, causing inaccurate readings |
| 73.1215(f) |
WMLX |
790 |
$0 |
|
Comparison
of PA input and output power (as determined by common point resistance
and current) reveals efficiency over 100%. |
| 73.1225(a) |
KGOL |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Key
to tower base fence not available |
| 73.1225(a) |
WSPD |
790 |
$0 |
|
Equipment
Loan Agreement not available during inspection |
| 73.1225(b) |
WFKY |
790 |
$0 |
|
No
evidence that Commission in Washington had been notified of studio relocation. |
| 73.1225(c) |
WXLE |
790 |
$0 |
|
No
written designation of chief operator available during inspection |
| 73.1225(c)(1) |
KLAV |
NAL |
$0 |
|
Equipment
performance measurements for past 2 years not available |
| 73.1225(c)(1) |
KUBA |
793 |
$0 |
|
Equipment
performance measurements not available |
| 73.1225(c)(2) |
KRFD |
NAL |
$0 |
$0 |
No
contract with part time employee serving as DCO |
| 73.1225(c)(2) |
KUBA |
793 |
$0 |
|
No
written contract with less than full time employee serving as DCO. Contract
required? |
| 73.1225(c)(2) |
KXEZ |
793 |
$0 |
|
No
contract with less than full time DCO. Station and Rules say written contract
required only when DCO is not an employee. Part time not em |