Federal Communications Commission           DA 21-1539 

                                   Before the 
                         Federal Communications Commission 
                              Washington, D.C. 20554 

In re Application of                    ) 
                                        ) 
SEAVIEW COMMUNICATIONS                  )     NAL/Acct. No. MB-201941410006 
INC.                                    )     FRN:  0009008608 
                                        )     Facility ID No. 59528 
For Renewal of License for              )            Application File No. 0000075458 
Station WPEX(FM)                        ) 
Kenbridge, Virginia                     ) 

                                    ORDER 

 Adopted:  December 9, 2021                           Released:  December 10, 2021 

By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: 

I.    INTRODUCTION

      1.    The Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL)1 issued to
Seaview Communications Inc. (Licensee), licensee of WPEX(FM), Kenbridge, Virginia (Station), for 
apparently willfully violating: (1)  section 73.3526(e)(12)2 of the Commission’s rules (Rules) by failing to 
 prepare required quarterly issues and programs lists; and (2) Section 73.3526(b)(2)3 of the Rules by 
failing to upload this information into the Station’s online public inspection file.  As discussed below, we 
cancel the NAL on our own motion. 

II. BACKGROUND

      2.    The NAL found that Licensee apparently willfully violated:  (1)  Section 73.3526(e)(12)
of the Rules by failing to prepare required quarterly issues and programs lists; and (2) Section 
73.3526(b)(2) of the Rules by failing to upload this information into the Station’s online public inspection 
file.4  The NAL concluded that Licensee was apparently liable for a monetary forfeiture in the amount of 
fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) and that the Station’s license renewal application, if ultimately granted, 
 should be granted for a period of two years instead of a full term of eight years.5 

 III.  DISCUSSION

       3.    On October 1, 2021, we sent a letter to the Licensee notifying it that we had information
 that the Station had been silent or operating with unauthorized facilities for over twelve months, in which 
 case the Station’s license would have expired pursuant to section 312(g) of the Communications Act of 

 1 Seaview Communications Inc., Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, 
 34 FCC Rcd. 9340 (MB 2019). 
 2 See 47 CFR § 73.3526(e)(12). 
 3 See 47 CFR § 73.3526(b)(2). 
 4 Seaview Communications Inc., Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, 
 34 FCC Rcd 9340 (MB 2019). 
 5 Id. 

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1934, as amended.6  That letter required a response within thirty days.7  Licensee failed to respond to that 
 letter, and we have cancelled the license and dismissed the Licensee’s renewal application for the Station 
by separate action.8 

      4.    In light of the license cancellation, we have determined that we will not pursue payment
of the proposed forfeiture.  Accordingly, we hereby cancel the NAL on our own motion. 

IV.   ORDERING CLAUSES

      5.    Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 504(b) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended,9  and sections 0.61, 0.283, and 1.80(g)(4) of the Commission’s rules,10  the 
Notice of Apparent Liability for a Forfeiture (NAL/Acct. No. MB-201941410006) issued to Seaview 
Communications, Inc. IS CANCELLED. 

       6.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be sent, by First Class and
 Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to Seaview Communications Inc., P.O. Box 177, Blackstone, 
 VA 238247, and its counsel, John C. Trent, Esq., Putbrese Hunsaker & Trent, PC, 200 South Church Street, 
 Woodstock, VA 22664. 

                                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 


                                      Albert Shuldiner 
                                      Chief, Audio Division 
                                      Media Bureau 


 6 Letter from Albert Shuldiner, Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau, to Seaview Communications Inc., Ref. 
 1800B3-VM (Oct. 1, 2021). 
 7 Id. 
 8 Letter from Albert Shuldiner, Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau, to Seaview Communications Inc., Ref. 
 1800B3-VM (Dec. 10, 2021). 
 9 47 U.S.C. § 504(b). 
 10 47 CFR §§ 0.61, 0.283, 1.80(g)(4). 
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