Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Lake Country Radio, L.P. ) File No. EB-10-DL-0057
Licensee of FM Station KCKL )
Facility ID # 9715 ) NOV No.  V201132500002
Malakoff, Texas )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released:October 27, 2010  
By the District Director, Dallas Office, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation (“Notice”) issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the 
Commission’s Rules1 to Lake Country Radio, L.P., licensee of FM station KCKL, 
Malakoff, Texas.
2. On July 27, 2010, agents of the Enforcement Bureau’s Dallas Office inspected the 
station’s main studio in Malakoff, Texas and observed the following violation(s):   
a. 47 C.F.R. § 11.35(a): “..EAS Participants must determine the cause 
of any failure to receive the required tests or activations specified in 
§ 11.61(a)(1) and (a)(2). Appropriate entries indicating reasons why 
any tests were not received must be made in the broadcast station log 
as specified in §§ 73.1820 and 73.1840 of this chapter for all 
broadcast streams ..”
Although the station’s EAS equipment was operational, the station 
did not have any EAS logs for April or May of 2010 and did not 
have an explanation for the missing entries.
b. 47 C.F.R. § 73.1870(c)(3): The designated chief operator must 
review and sign the station logs on a weekly basis.
The chief operator was not reviewing or signing the logs on a weekly 
basis.
c. 47 C.F.R. § 73.3526(e)(12): “For commercial AM and FM broadcast 
stations, every three months a list of programs that have provided the 
station’s most significant treatment of community issues during the 
  
147 C.F.R. § 1.89.
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preceding three month period. The list for each calendar quarter is to 
be filed by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., 
January 10 for the quarter October—December, April 10 for the 
quarter January—March, etc.). The list shall include a brief narrative 
describing what issues were given significant treatment and the 
programming that provided this treatment. The description of the 
programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, the time, date, 
duration, and title of each program in which the issue was treated.”
The licensee failed to reduce the last quarterly issues to a list 
containing the required information.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,3 and Section 
1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Lake Country Radio, L.P. 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 
taken to correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and should include a time line for 
completion of pending corrective action.  The response must be complete in itself and 
signed by a principal or officer of the owner.
4. 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:
Federal Communications Commission
Dallas Office
9330 LBJ Freeway, #1170
Dallas, Texas  75243
5. This Notice shall be sent to Lake Country Radio, L.P. at its address of record.
6. The Privacy Act of 19746 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.  
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
James D. Wells
District Director
Dallas District Office
South Central Region
Enforcement Bureau
  
3 47 U.S.C. § 403
6 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3)