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

[Jama]

Miracle of miracles !!!    Congratulations indeed !!  

> Now someone just has to build, and operate,
> the station, indefinitely. (/How hard could that be?/)


As for your comment above, Jim -- ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.  Best of the best of luck !! 

Jama 
KMUD, Garberville, CA 


On May 13, 2015, at 10:21 PM, juice at whidbey.com wrote:

> Congrats Jim and Karen,
> Tom Voorhees
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Dibianco" <communityradiogoddess at yahoo.com>
> To:"dragon" <tfishwall at gmail.com>, "grc at maillist.peak.org"
> <grc at maillist.peak.org>
> Cc:
> Sent:Thu, 14 May 2015 02:26:35 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject:Re: [grc] It only took 2,769 days ! Thanks FCC !
> 
> Congratulations Jim and AA! 
> Long hard battle, but the success is so sweet!
>  Donna DiBiancoStation Start-up Specialist
> 503-960-1068
> www.linkedin.com/pub/donna-dibianco
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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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