[BC] An Omen?

[Mark Heller]

Richard:
 
It's obvious, that you've never been involved in an FCC inspection.
One of the items they'll ask, is to shut off the station, and return it to air,
to make sure your remote control works, and that you have properly
trained folks who can do the same.
 
As I recall reading this, the original complaint was this translator was
causing interference, and properly notified.  They decided to wait it out.
 
I have a situation, where a religious broadcaster on a Xlator filed to move
freqs. 14 months ago.  Their FCC lawyer thinks they did move, in fact.
He wrote me a terse e-mail yesterday, between replacing his pitchers of martinis!
 
Next week, I get a construction permit on their old freq. and I told the
Director of Engineering to hurry up, or at least shut it off.  I'm in Wisconsin.
He's on the west coast!!
 
He has NO ability to turn it off.  No engineer on the ground, and today he sheepishly
called a contract engineer from 65 miles north, and he'll somehow get
the keys for the cellphone tower, to go and shut off that translator, sometime
next week!
 
Oh yeah, they're in between owners.  The old owners are selling off for 50%
of their purchase price only six years ago!  The new buyers don't have the keys
yet!
 
Are they in violation?  Not yet.  Next week?  Who knows?  PS.  Not identifying
them, on purpose.

From: richardbrianjohnson at verizon.net
I do not think that the licensee has an obligation to do something at the whim of a FCC inspector -- only when it is