[grc] It only took 2,769 days ! Thanks FCC !

Wed May 13 22:21:15 PDT 2015

Congrats Jim and Karen,
Tom Voorhees

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From: "Donna Dibianco" <communityradiogoddess at yahoo.com>
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 Congratulations Jim and AA! 
 Long hard battle, but the success is so sweet!
  Donna DiBiancoStation Start-up Specialist
 503-960-1068
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 From: dragon <tfishwall at gmail.com>
 To: grc at maillist.peak.org 
 Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 7:46 PM
 Subject: Re: [grc] It only took 2,769 days ! Thanks FCC !

 WAY TO GO AUSTIN AIRWAVES!!!

 Jim, it has been a hard fought battle. Thanks for sticking to it.

 Hope to see you soon,

 Todd
 Phantom Machine Works

 On 05/13/2015 08:42 PM, Jim Ellinger wrote:
 > *Released as a Public Service of Austin Airwaves.
 > Longish posting, covering a number of current
 > CR/LPFM developments.
 > *
 > 
 > *>  2769 days <
 > *
 > 
 > *That's how long it took the FCC to issue a license for a new full
power
 > non-commercial FM station for the Ellinger/LaGrange Texas area.
 > *
 > 
 > *Austin Airwaves applied for a license with the FCC on Thursday,
October
 > 11, 2007**,
 > and this week, on Monday, May 11, 2015, we were granted the
Designated
 > Selectee
 > status. A Construction Permit should be issued in thirty days, June
 > 10th, 2015, barring
 > an unlikely appeal from our remaining competitor.
 > *
 > 
 > *However, when asked if he thought our remaining competitor would
file
 > an appeal,
 > AA's engineer said /"No I don't."/*/**/*We don't know of any basis
for
 > an appeal of the FCC
 > staff's decision, though groups have been known to file appeals
(and pay
 > attorneys' fees)
 > just to be obstinate and obstructive.*
 > /*"Well their barristers quit and I don't know why anyone would
want to
 > take their *//*
 > *//*case on appeal. Praise the Lord,*/*/"/****says AA's
****attorney.
 > *
 > 
 > _Previously__, regarding another station app_:
 > The time to file a formal objection is the 30 days after the
application
 > is Accepted for Filing - /
 > before/ it is granted.After CPs are granted, the bar is extremely
high
 > to have it pulled.
 > 
 > *This is by no means a record for waiting for the FCC.  91.7FM in
Austin
 > took eleven years
 > from**first public announcement to sign on of the half-time
station.
 > That process involved
 > the first-ever modification of the so-called /"Wolfman Jack
Treaty"/
 > with Mexico.**There have
 > been other FM applicants that have languished before the FCC far
longer.
 > *
 > 
 > *We are pleased to note that all of our work and opinions about the
FCC
 > staff decisions/
 > errors proved correct. (Again, no chance of interfering with
another
 > station 900+ kilometers
 > away in New Mexico!)
 > 
 > *
 > 
 > It appears that the FCC consolidated several "straggler" NCE MX
group
 > decisions into one
 > Order. We had heard that this order was coming, /many moons/
ago*...
 > **On Ellinger, TX,
 > the FCC essentially agreed with our primary contentions, and
_Ellinger
 > wins_ on the
 > basis of _superior 307b_, even though it has fewer points than the
others.
 > 
 > *
 > 
 > * > ! 7 years and 7 months ! <*
 > 
 > *We now have three years to put the station on the air. The CP is
 > transferable.
 > We have invested about $10,000 in attorney and engineering fees to
date.
 > *
 > 
 > *Thanks to everyone for their effort and support. Now someone just
has
 > to build, and operate,
 > the station, indefinitely. (/How hard could that be?/)
 > *
 > 
 > *Also Good News with LPFMs...
 > There is also good news to report on the various LPFM fronts. Hot
 > Springs' LPFM station is licensed
 > and now under construction and expected on the air soon.
 > *
 > 
 > *Wimberley LPFM is also licensed and under construction. I will be
part
 > of a tower crew this w/e.
 > *
 > 
 > *No recent word on Under the Hood in Killeen. San Marcos may catch
a
 > break with their CP transfer.
 > Or not.
 > *
 > 
 > *AA BoD member Eric has almost single-handedly saved one or more of
the
 > Austin LPFMs. But there is
 > still considerable work ahead, even before construction of any sort
 > begins. AA cannot hold the license
 > for a full power station as well as an LPFM, thus our Board
decision
 > last year was, in fact, the best move.
 > *
 > 
 > *And finally, AA has offered to help out another LPFM project in
Bella
 > Anse, Haiti.
 > *
 > 
 > *
 > jim ellinger
 > Austin Airwaves
 > Released May 1*3*, 2015
 > 
 > *
 > 
 > *Notice for Austin Airwaves "Accepted for Filing"*
 >
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Superseded=X&Facility_id=172596
 > *_Attachment_**: See MX Group 538. (A long and dense read...)*
 > *"AA Wins Ellinger" attachment is the brief, excerpted ruling. *
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
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