Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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City of Calabasas  ) File No.  EB-10-LA-0035
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Licensee of Radio Station WQIX897 )                          NOV No.  V201032900011
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Calabasas, CA
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released:  March 31, 2010
By the District Director, Los Angeles Office, Western Region, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation (“Notice”) issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the 
Commission’s Rules,1 to City of Calabasas, licensee of radio station WQIX897, Calabasas, California.
2. On, February 26, 2010, an agent from the Enforcement Bureau’s Los Angeles Office 
monitored radio station WQIX897 located in Calabasas, California, and observed the following violation:
a. 47 C.F.R. § 90.425(a):  “Except as provided for in paragraphs (d) and (e) of 
this section, each station or system shall be identified by the transmission of 
the assigned call sign during each transmission or exchange of transmissions, 
or once each 15 minutes (30 minutes in the Public Safety Pool) during 
periods of continuous operation.”  At the time of the investigation, the 
WQIX897 traffic information station was monitored continuously for over 45 
minutes and at no time was a call sign identification heard.  
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,2 and 
Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, City of Calabasas must submit a written statement concerning 
this matter within twenty (20) days of release of this Notice.  The response must fully explain each 
violation, must contain a statement of the specific action(s) taken to correct each violation and preclude 
recurrence, and should include a time line for completion of pending corrective action(s).  The response 
must be complete in itself and signed by City of Calabasas.  All replies and documentation sent in 
response to this Notice should be marked with the File No. and NOV No. specified above, and mailed to 
the following address:
  
1 47 C.F.R. § 1.89.
2 47 U.S.C. § 308(b).
Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Communications Commission
Los Angeles Office
18000 Studebaker Rd., Suite 660
Cerritos, CA 90703
4. This Notice shall be sent to City of Calabasas, at its address of record.
5. The Privacy Act of 19743 requires that we advise you that the Commission will use all 
relevant material information before it, including any information disclosed in your reply, to determine 
what, if any, enforcement action is required to ensure compliance.  Any false statement made knowingly 
and willfully in reply to this Notice is punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. 
Code.4
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Nader Haghighat
District Director
Los Angeles District Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
  
3 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).
4 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.