[BC] WBAA at Perdue license issue explained

[Scott Fybush]

Here's what the refiled WBAA app says about the matter:

"PURDUE UNIVERSITY, LICENSEE OF STATION WBAA(AM), SUBMITTED A FORM 303-S 
RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR WBAA(AM) ON APRIL 1, 2004 USING THE CDBS 
ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM. SEE FCC FILE NO. ____-20040401AQM. SINCE THE 
DATE OF SUBMISSION, THAT APPLICATION HAS REMAINED IN 'READY' STATUS ON 
CDBS. DESPITE THIS SUBMISSION, THE FCC NOTIFIED PURDUE UNIVERSITY BY 
LETTER DATED JUNE 8, 2006 THAT THE LICENSE FOR WBAA(AM) HAD BEEN 
CANCELED BECAUSE FCC RECORDS DID NOT REFLECT A RENEWAL APPLICATION 
HAVING BEEN FILED."

If the licensee had prepared and validated the application, but not 
transmitted it, would it have received the CDBS file number they quote 
there? I don't know the answer...perhaps Allen does.

s

Barry Mishkind wrote:
>  >From The Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) Listserv>>
> 
> Let's make this clear.  The WBAA situation was the fault of the licensee 
> and not the Commission staff.  Rarely, especially since the 
> implementation of the electronic filing system, does the Commission 
> misplace any application.  What usually happens is the licensee prepares 
> an application and "validates" it.  However, they forget to go back to 
> the main menu and "transmit" the application.  Absent that action, the 
> licensee may think it has submitted an application (because they can see 
> it filled out on their computer screen), but the application has not 
> been filed.
> 
> Allen Myers