Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
 May 4, 2010
DA 10-771
 In Reply Refer To: 
 1800B3-RBG
Released:  May 4, 2010
Ms. Amy Meredith    
Powell Meredith Communications Co.   
908 Meadow Creek 1076   
Irving, Texas 75038      
 
In re:  KHNY(AM), Big Horn, Wyoming   
Facility ID No. 161192      
File No. BMP-20080401AQR 
 
 Petition for Reconsideration of Denial 
of Construction Permit Application 
 
Dear Ms. Meredith:     
This refers to your Petition for Reconsideration filed June 15, 2009, concerning the denial of an 
application (File No. BMP-20080401AQR) to modify the construction permit of Station KHNY(AM),  
Big Horn, Wyoming (the “Station”), to specify Huntley, Montana, as the community of license, and to 
make other associated changes.1  
Section 405(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,2 states that any party aggrieved 
by an order, decision, report, or action of the Commission, or of any designated authority within the 
Commission, may file a petition for reconsideration of that order, decision, report or action within thirty 
days from the date upon which public notice of the order, decision, report, or action is given.  This thirty-
day period is statutory and cannot be waived or extended by the Commission, except in “extraordinary 
circumstances,” such as where the late-filing is due to the Commission’s failure to give a party timely 
notice of the action for which reconsideration is sought.3  
The letter denying the Station’s construction permit application was dated May 5, 2009.  Report 
No. 46981, released May 8, 2009, gave public notice of the denial of that application.  Accordingly, the 
day after the release date, namely, May 9, 2009, marked the beginning of the thirty-day period for filing a 
petition for reconsideration.4 Any such petition was due no later than June 8, 2009.5 The Station’s 
  
1 The original construction permit for the Station is still in effect and will expire on June 20, 2010 unless a license 
application is submitted by that date.  See FCC File No. BNP-20050913ABJ.
2 47 U.S.C. § 405(a).
3 See Gardner v. FCC, 530 F. 2d 1086 (D.C. Cir. 1976).  
4  See Section 1.4(b) of the Commission’s Rules.  47 C.F.R. § l.4(b).
5  See Sections 1.4(e) and 1.4(j) of the Commission’s Rules.  47 C.F.R. §§ 1.4(e) and 1.4(j).  June 8 was the first 
business day after the thirty-day period ended on Sunday, June 7, 2009.   
2
Petition for Reconsideration was received by the Commission on June 15, 2009, seven days after the end 
of the thirty-day statutory period for filing a petition for reconsideration.  Further, the Station has not 
presented “extraordinary circumstances” that would justify a waiver or extension of the thirty-day 
statutory filing period.6 Therefore, the Station’s Petition for Reconsideration must be dismissed as 
untimely.  
Accordingly, the Petition for Reconsideration filed on June 15, 2009 by Powell Meredith 
Communications Co. IS DISMISSED.  
Sincerely,  
Peter H. Doyle   
Chief, Audio Division 
Media Bureau   
  
6  See footnote 3, supra.