“From Another Likely Site?”

 

“From Another Likely Site”…that’s right, if your 307(b) showing is predicated on providing  first service to a community, and your proposed site is going to allow you to cover 50% or more of an urbanized area, you don’t get to pass “go”. But even if your proposal does not cover 50% or more of the urbanized area, you still don’t get to pass “go” if there’s a chance that there is some other likely site from which you could cover 50% or more of the urbanized area. And, guess what…this is retroactive.  That’s right. We’ve been contacted by at least one client who has had
applications pending for multiple years by which he would be able to upgrade his stations and presumably   crease the value of the stations and maybe even provide more job opportunities, but forget it now. All those years of waiting, spending money, lawyers, engineers, and expecting to see some reward before the end of life are gone.

Do we live in La La Land or what?

That’s 30 for now…for what it’s worth.

Do We Still Need a Distinction Between Commercial and Non-Commercial?

Does anybody really make a distinction between commercial and non-commercial bands these days?  I don’t mean musical “bands”, I’m referring to the fact that certain FM frequencies have been “reserved” for non-commercial licenses and certain frequencies designated “commercial”.  The reality is, non-commercial stations can operate in the commercial band while commercial stations can not operate in the non-commercial band.

EEO Fines and Good Housekeeping

We note that the earlier referenced fines for EEO violations had little if anything to with discrimination, but rather what might be easily termed “record keeping”.  But like the old saw says:  “it ain’t over ’til the paperwork is done.”  It really isn’t all that hard, folks.  If you can post it to your website, why can’t you keep a paper trail?  If you post job openings on your facebook pages, why can’t you send a copy to your local college or university, State Employment Office, local job training centers, newspapers (if you still have one in your community), any number of public agencies listed in the yellow pages; and why can’t you keep a record of who responded from where?  Have you ever heard of an Applicant Flow Data Chart? I’ll bet most of you haven’t.  Trust me, it’s an important thing.