Update On WKOX Status

Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com
Tue Aug 5 10:35:52 EDT 2008


The STA they filed on Monday was granted the SAME DAY!

They requested 180 days and it looks like that's what they got.

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101260441&formid=911&fac_num=20441


CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (CAPSTAR), LICENSEE OF WKOX (AM), FACILITY NO
20441, IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE SECTION 73.1615, HEREBY REQUESTS SPECIAL
TEMPORARY AUTHORITY (STA) TO COMMENCE OPERATION FROM ITS NEW TRANSMITTER
SITE LOCATED IN NEWTON, MA AS PRESCRIBED IN FCC FILE NO. BMJP-200110112AAQ.

THE ARRAYS PRESCRIBED IN BMJP-200110112AAQ HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO
SUBSTANTIAL ADJUSTMENT AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS ARE PLANNED TO BEGIN IN A FEW
WEEKS. BECAUSE THIS SITE IS A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SITE WHICH COMBINES NEW
FACILITIES FOR WKOX WITH NEW FACILITIES FOR WUNR, FACILITY ID NO. 10118
(BP-20020215ABN), AND WRCA, FACILITY NO. 60695 (BMP-20020926ACN), CAPSTAR
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS STA FOR A PERIOD OF 180 DAYS SO THAT MEASUREMENTS CAN
BE MADE TO CONFIRM PROPER ADJUSTMENT OF THE NEWLY COMMISSIONED ARRAYS FOR
WKOX. THE LICENSEES OF WUNR AND WRCA HAVE MADE SIMILAR REQUESTS AND IT IS
ANTICIPATED THAT MEASUREMENTS ON THOSE STATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A LIKE
TIME FRAME SO THAT ALL SO THAT ALL FORM 302S FOR ALL STATIONS CAN BE FILED
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
Paul


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