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FA: Radio Station
I saw this on a UK broadcast group - it came from someone in the business so it could be genuine but it does look like a strange thing to put on ebay. Take a look at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=30790471 96 This is not a radio station, but only a construction permit,and frankly is virtually worthless unless you have a qualified broadcast engineer do some research on it with the FCC first - there could be a reason why it hasn't been acted upon already (i.e.: construction permit was granted, but never built, then another radio station on an adjacent frequency requested an increase in signal power, which was approved by the FCC; they get precedence since they're already on the air, and the contstruction permit can no longer be acted upon without modification because to build something on that site, and operating at that frequency would now interfere with the incumbent station's new signal pattern). If the construction permit has been inactive for quite awhile, you could probably apply for a CP on the same exact frequency on the same exact site and petition the FCC to void the existing one. They'd be more inclined to rescind the old one if there hasn't been any move to actually BUILD something there, providing you could give some documentation that would provide some evidence that you actually intended to use said CP & not just sit on it. Either way, you'd still have to pay all the filing fees to the FCC even if you won the auction, so you're looking at (IIRC) around $5k minimum for a radio CP application - yo can go to: http://www.fcc.gov to find a listing of various fees for applications & renewals, etc. The worst part is, you don't even know if winning the auction, plus filing & paying said fees, would guarantee you a permit... there could be someone protesting the permit as we speak (for example, another interested party that has filed a protest agsint this permit issuance; saying that THEY should get the permit granted because they're a minority bradcaster who wants to build something right away, and the current holder is not and has also not acted on the permit, etc, etc). This **** can get messy... trust me. Neil Henderson Progressive Rock... http://www.saqqararecords.com |
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