Federal Communications Commission DA 09-648  
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of 
JOHN ANDERSON dba RIVERSIDE LIMO INC.
Station WPMB575, Irvington, New York
Request for Initiation of License Revocation 
Proceeding
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ORDER
Adopted: March 17, 2009 Released:  March 20, 2009
By the Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. Introduction.  We have before us a request for initiation of license revocation proceeding 
(Request) filed on behalf of Atlantic Telecommunications (Atlantic) on February 27, 2008.1 Atlantic 
seeks the termination of the license of John Anderson dba Riverside Limo Inc. (Anderson) for 
Industrial/Business Pool Station WPMB575, Irvington, New York.  For the reasons set forth below, we 
grant the Request and will modify the Commission’s licensing records to reflect the termination of the 
license.
2. Background. The Commission renewed Anderson’s license for Station WPMB575 on April 
8, 2003.2 On February 27, 2008, Atlantic requested that the license be revoked on the grounds that the 
station had not operated for more than one year and thus, pursuant to Section 90.157 of the Commission’s 
Rules,3 should be deemed to have canceled automatically for permanent discontinuance of operation.4  
Atlantic states that it actively monitored frequency pair 472/475.3375 MHz from December 3, 2006 to 
February 23, 2008, and did not detect any transmissions from Station WPMB575.5 It further claims that, 
on two separate occasions, Mr. Anderson represented to Atlantic that Station WPMB575 was not in 
operation.6
3. On April 15, 2008, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s Mobility Division (Division), 
acting pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,7 requested that 
Anderson provide information regarding the operational status of Station WPMB575.8 The letter stated 
  
1  See Request for Initiation of License Revocation Proceeding (filed Feb. 27, 2008) (Request).
2 See FCC File No. 0000598506.
3 47 C.F.R. § 90.157.
4 See Request at 1.  Atlantic also argues that the license for Station WPMB575 cancelled automatically also because 
the station was never constructed.  See id. at 3.
5 See id., Declaration of John Mazza at 1.
6 Id.
7 47 U.S.C. § 308(b).
8 Letter dated Apr. 15, 2008 from Scot Stone, Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau, to John Anderson d/b/a Riverside Limo, Inc.
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that if Anderson failed to respond within thirty days, the Division could conclude that the authorization 
had terminated due to permanent discontinuance of operation.9 The letter was returned as undeliverable.  
On April 29, 2008, Division staff left a voice mail message at the phone number listed for Anderson in 
the Commission’s licensing records, but has received no response to date.
4. Discussion.  Pursuant to Section 1.5 of the Commission’s Rules, “each licensee shall furnish 
the Commission with an address to be used by the Commission in serving documents or directing 
correspondence to that licensee.”10 It further states that “the address contained in the licensee’s most 
recent application will be used by the Commission for this purpose.”11 Section 90.157 of the 
Commission's Rules provides that a license for a private land mobile radio station cancels automatically 
upon discontinuance of operation for a period of one year or more.12  
5. Atlantic’s continuous monitoring is persuasive evidence supporting Atlantic’s claim that 
Station WPMB575 is not in operation and its authorization canceled automatically.13 Moreover, 
Anderson’s failure to respond to the Division’s 308(b) letter or telephone inquiry presumptively indicates 
that the station is not constructed or operational.14 Therefore, we will update the Commission’s Universal 
Licensing System to reflect the cancellation of the license for Station WPMB575. 
6. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and Section 47 C.F.R. § 90.157 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 
C.F.R. § 90.157, the petition filed Atlantic Telecommunications on February 27, 2008 IS GRANTED, 
and the Commission’s licensing records SHALL BE MODIFIED to reflect the cancellation of the license 
for Station WPMB575.
7. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau  
  
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9 See id. at 1.
10 47 C.F.R. § 1.5(a).
11 Id.
12 47 C.F.R. § 90.157.
13 See, e.g., Elmont Trans Med Corporation, Order, 18 FCC Rcd 18692, 18694-95 ¶ 9 (WTB PSPWD 2003). 
14 Cf. West Coast Cab Company, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 5909, 5913-14 ¶¶ 9-10 (2000) 
(affirming cancellation of license for permanent discontinuance of operations where finder’s preference request was 
sent to licensee’s address of record but was not received by the proposed assignee).