Monday, February 05, 2007 - 8:46 am
from All Access this morning....
The PAHRUMP VALLEY TIMES reports that the FCC, with pressure from Senate Majority Leader HARRY REID (D-NV), is allowing a pirate station in GOLDFIELD, NV to operate with Special Temporary Authority until it can apply for an LPFM license in the next filing window.
A JANUARY 29 letter from the Commission to RADIO GOLDFIELD BROADCAST INC. owner ROD MOSES allows MOSES' pirate station to operate, moving from 100.3 to 106.3 FM, at 100 watts. His operation had been raided and shut down by the FCC on JUNE 9, 2006.
In the letter, the Commission cites Sec. 309(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 to allow STAs in "extraordinary circumstances requiring temporary authorizations in the public interest." The Commission's actions followed lobbying by Sen. REID, who wrote the FCC in support of the station's programming.
Monday, February 05, 2007 - 9:04 am
Sounds like business as usual for Sen. Harry Reid. He is one of the more corrupt ones in Congress but gets away with everything.
It is always just an oversight, a mistake, someone elses fault, etc.
Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:57 am
Follow the money.
Monday, February 05, 2007 - 1:05 pm
I'd bet it has something to do with the fact that there is no competition in the area.
Monday, February 05, 2007 - 5:07 pm
Well,atleast somebody *OTHER* than a religious-zealot gets a shot at LPFM.
About time for that.
IMO,LPFM is a F&*#ing joke,For the above reason.
Monday, February 05, 2007 - 5:50 pm
Ironically there is a Christian translator licensed to Goldfield,NV and looks like the only station in the area...town is in a very rural area...
