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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  February  13,  2001  John  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450 
 FCC  ORDERS  HEARING  INTO  APPARENT  RULE  VIOLATIONS  BY  BROADCASTER  IN  U.  S.  VIRGIN  ISLANDS 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  has  ordered  a 
 hearing  before  an  Administrative  Law  Judge  to  determine  whether  certain  licenses  held  by 
 Family  Broadcasting,  Inc.  relating  to  the  operation  of  stations  WSTX(  AM)  and  WSTX-  FM  in 
 Christiansted,  U.  S.  Virgin  Islands,  should  be  revoked. 


 The  hearing  will  concern  whether  Family  Broadcasting  operated  the  stations  in  violation 
 of  the  terms  of  its  licenses  during  the  period  from  1997  to  2000.  The  conduct  at  issue  involves 
 Family  Broadcasting  operating  the  stations  with  unauthorized  antennas  and  at  improper  power 
 levels,  as  well  as  its  operation  of  WSTX-  FM’s  transmitter  from  an  unauthorized  transmitter  site. 
 Further,  the  hearing  will  determine  whether  the  company  misrepresented  facts  and/  or  lacked 
 candor  in  certain  statements  submitted  to  the  Commission  regarding  the  relocation  of  WSTX-FM’s 
 transmitter  from  its  authorized  site.  Should  the  ALJ  determine  that  the  company  has 
 violated  the  Commission’s  rules,  the  ALJ  will  proceed  to  decide  whether  the  company  is 
 qualified  to  remain  a  Commission  licensee  in  light  of  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  violations. 
 Family  Broadcasting  will  have  the  opportunity  to  appeal  to  the  Commission  from  any  adverse 
 decision  by  the  ALJ. 


 The  date  of  the  hearing  has  yet  to  be  determined,  and  will  be  set  in  a  forthcoming  order 
 from  the  ALJ  assigned  to  the  case. 


 Action  by  the  Commission,  February  8,  2001,  Order  To  Show  Cause  and  Notice  Of 
 Opportunity  For  Hearing  (FCC  01-  44).  EB  Docket  No.  01-  39 


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