FCC Affirms Yanking License From Roy Henderson For KROY/Palacios, TX

KROY License Cancelled

ROY E. HENDERSON has lost his appeal of the FCC's JANUARY 11th decision dismissing the renewal application of his KROY/PALACIOS, TX and deleting the license.  The license was yanked for operating at an unlicensed site after two STAs for an alternate site expired and/or being silent for at least one consecutive 12-month period during 2009-14.  

HENDERSON contended that he had put the station back on the air during that period, although the FCC noted that he did so, if at all, from an unauthorized site; he also argued that the Media Bureau had overlooked the station's service to the community, proposed sale, and efforts to restore operation.  He also blamed the failure to get proper STAs on an "incompetent and/or unscrupulous engineer" and added that he should get his license reinstated because he got no warning from the Commission; finally, he added an allegation that the Commission was biased due to ex parte communications with BARNEY JOE DONALSON, JR., who responded that he is not a party to the applications and his communications with FCC staff were "immaterial and irrelevant."

In response to HENDERSON's Petition for Reconsideration, the Commission said that it neither showed material error in the initial decision nor raised additional facts not known at that time.  The Commission also rejected all of HENDERSON's arguments regardless of procedural defect.

Also, after issuing warning letters and getting no response, the FCC cancelled the licenses of HOOSIER PUBLIC RADIO CORPORATION for WRFM/WILKINSON, IN; KUDA, INC. for KUDA/SHOSHONI, WY; BLESSED HOPE BAPTIST MISSION for KSVJ/SEWARD, AK; CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS for low power FM KWMV-LP/WESTCLIFFE, CO; SHELBY EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION for low power FM KFAS-LP/SHELBY, MT; DCNW BROADCASTINGS for low power KMJY-LP/SOLOMON, KS; DUANE WITTE for K258AI/VALENTINE, NE; CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC. for W219CN/ALBRIGHTSVILLE, PA and W217BK/SOUTHWEST HARBOR, ME; and EUREKA BROADCASTING CO., INC. for K281CM/BROOKINGS, OR.

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