Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 December 11, 2007 DA 07-4939 Released: December 11, 2007 CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Journal Broadcast Corporation KIVI(TV) 3355 South Valley View Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89102 Journal Broadcast Corporation KIVI(TV), Nampa, ID Facility ID No. 59255 File No. BRCT-20060601AVF Dear Licensee: This refers to your license renewal application for station KIVI(TV), Nampa, ID. Section 73.3526 of the Commission’s Rules (Rules) requires broadcast licensees to maintain a public inspection file containing specific types of information related to station operations.1 As set forth in Section 73.3526(e)(11)(i) of the Rules, a TV issues/programs list is to be placed in a commercial TV broadcast station’s public inspection file each calendar quarter by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter. Where lapses occur in maintaining the public file, neither the negligent acts nor omissions of station employees or agents, nor the subsequent remedial actions undertaken by the licensee, excuse or nullify a licensee’s rule violation.2 On June 1, 2006, you filed a license renewal application (FCC Form 303-S) for station KIVI(TV), Nampa, Idaho (File No. BRCT-20060601AVF). In response to Section IV, Question 3 of that application, you certify that, during the previous license term, station KIVI(TV) failed to place in its public inspection file at the appropriate times, all of the documentation required by Section 73.3526 of the Commission’s Rules. In Exhibit 17, you state that TV issues/programs lists for the first through the third quarters of 2002 are missing from the public inspection file. Although we do not rule out more severe sanctions for violations of this nature in the future, based upon the record before us we have determined that an admonition is appropriate at this 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 73.3526. 2 See Padre Serra Communications, Inc., 14 FCC Rcd 9709 (1999) (citing Gaffney Broadcasting, Inc., 23 FCC 2d 912, 913 (1970) and Eleven Ten Broadcasting Corp., 33 FCC 706 (1962)); Surrey Range Limited Partnership, 71 RR 2d 882 (FOB 1992). 2 time. Therefore, based upon the facts and circumstances before us, we ADMONISH you for the admitted violations of Section 73.3526(e)(11)(i) of the Rules described in station KIVI(TV)’s renewal application. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, a copy of this Letter shall be sent by First Class and Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested to Journal Broadcast Corporation at the address listed above, and to its counsel, Mace J. Rosenstein, Esquire, Covington & Burling, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., Washington, D.C. 20004. Sincerely, Barbara A. Kreisman Chief, Video Division Media Bureau