[BC] WBAA at Purdue license issue explained

[Jeff Johnson]

When we renewed X-Star's licenses, the renewals did not arrive on time. Our 
management was in contact with our DC attorneys immediately and repeatedly. 
The problem turned out to be a complaint filed against a program claiming 
conflict of interest with the host and underwriting by that host's company.

The suit was dismissed as being without merit after due process, and the 
licenses were renewed shortly thereafter. I the meantime the fact that the 
FCC had acknowledged that the applications were on file put the ball in 
their court. We were assured by the attorneys legal throughout the entire 
time. The Chief Operator of WBAA should have been screaming for the last 
two years!

I was 'CO' of X-Star through those months and made sure copies of the 
'ACCEPTED FOR FILING' status of the applications (and the applications) 
were in the Public File of each station. The printouts were from the FCC 
website with the URL and date printed on the bottom of each page.

Jeff.Johnson at goodnews.net,CSRE
RFPROOF.COM


>In a previous job, I filed LOTS of FCC applications. The instructions in the
>CDBS are pretty clear. If you don't do it right, you are VERY computer
>illiterate, and you shouldn't be doing this yourself. This is why you should
>have an FCC attorney. Otherwise, you're setting yourself up for just this
>kind of disaster.
>
>>JM