A low-power TV station serving a market impacted by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 is trading hands. This facility is the subject of a March 2012 Order to Show Cause issued by the FCC, seeking answers as to why Class A authorization should not be modified to LPTV.
That involved a previous owner. Now, the current owner has decided to part ways with the facility, and it’s the lead deal up for discussion in RBR+TVBR‘s TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
The station is KYCC-LP 45, licensed to Corpus Christi, Tex.
Abraham Telecasting Co. is selling the station for $30,000, with a $1,000 deposit made by the buyer, Roseland Broadcasting of Corpus Christi.
Roseland is paying a $5,000 brokerage fee, to Kozacko Media. Serving as the buyer’s legal counsel in this transaction is Aaron Shainis of Shainis & Peltzman. The Law Firm of Dan J. Alpert served as legal counsel for the seller.
KYCC is a LPTV, and not a Class A, following a 2012 inquiry from the Commission regarding its programming.
In order to qualify for Class A status, the Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999 (CBPA) provides that a LPTV must have broadcast a minimum of 18 hours per day; broadcast an average of at least three hours per week of programming produced within the market area served by the station; and must have been in compliance with the Commission’s rules for LPTV stations. Part 73 requirements except for those that do not apply for technical reasons also must be adhered to by Class A stations.
Commission records show that, on November 12, 2007, then-KXCC-CA went silent
pursuant to special temporary authority (STA), citing “financial constraints” but stating that it was “actively working to develop a strategic plan for the optimal use of the station’s resources in order to resolve the situation.”
Then-owner CASA of Corpus Christi briefly resumed broadcasts from Nov. 5-Nov. 7, 2008, presumably to avoid automatic expiration of its license. The station remained silent from
Nov. 7, 2008 until Oct. 30, 2009, when it “reportedly” resumed operation. It is unclear for
how long the station operated; according to the Children’s Programming Reports filed for the station for all four quarters in 2010, KXCC-CA aired no children’s programming in 2010 citing “severe financial hardship.”
CASA next requested silent authority in November 2010, representing that the station had
gone silent on Oct. 31, 2010. Operations then resumed on Oct. 29, 2011, but then ceased once again two days later.
Given the 40 months out of 52 months KXCC-CA was off the air, “it is highly unlikely that CASA adequately maintained a main studio consistent with our rules,” the Commission determined.
CASA’s legal counsel in 2012 was Kathleen Victory of Fletcher Heald & Hildreth.
In other TRANSACTIONS TODAY:
- Silent FM translator K264CT in Santa Clara, Utah, is being sold by Morgan Skinner’s Americast Media to Tri-Star Media, led by Ray Carpenter, for $12,500 and forgiveness of a loan to Rockwell Media Services. The translator is at 100.7 MHz and was applied for in August 2017 in FCC Auction 99. This transaction also includes a construction permit for new facility KZEZ-AM 1490 in Santa Clara, which was intended as the originating broadcast station for this translator. These stations serve the non-rated St. George, Utah market, a growing retirement community to the north of Las Vegas by 90 minutes.