The FCC Media Bureau shouldn’t terminate the licenses...
The FCC Media Bureau shouldn’t terminate the licenses of Encino Broadcasting’s three Texas AM stations over missed renewal deadlines because of their owner’s serious illness, said Encino in a petition for reconsideration filed Wednesday. Because of his illness, owner Jose…
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Garcia “has been forced to rely on others who, in this case, failed him” and didn’t file renewal applications for DKELG(AM) in Manor, DKOKE(AM) in Pflugerville and DKTXZ(AM) in West Lake Hills in time, said the filing. The “D” in front of the stations’ call letters is how the FCC designates a station that has had its license terminated, said a Media Bureau spokeswoman. Garcia has never before failed to file timely renewal applications in his previous 30 years as a broadcaster, the filing said. The bureau ordered the stations terminated July 30, but Encino has since filed renewal applications for all three, as well as a request for special temporary authority to operate them, said the filing.