Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Radio One, Inc. )                 File No. EB-FIELDSCR-12-00003025
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Orlando, Florida )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: July 6
th
, 2012
By the District Director, Tampa Office, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the 
Commission’s Rules,
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to Radio One Communications Service Company
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in Orlando, Florida. 
2. On May 2, 2012, agents of the Enforcement Bureau’s Tampa Office inspected Station 
WQOB390 located in Lakeland, Florida, and observed the following violation:
a. 47 C.F.R. § 90.427(b): “Except for frequencies used in accordance with          
§ 90.417, no person shall program into a transmitter frequencies for which 
the licensee using the transmitter is not authorized.”  At the time of the 
inspection, agents found that Florida Presbyterian Homes was operating on 
unauthorized frequencies. The agents later determined that Radio One, Inc.
had programmed radio transmitting equipment for Florida Presbyterian 
Homes with three unauthorized frequencies, 152.960, 151.940, and 156.000
MHz.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
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and Section 
1.89 of the Commission’s Rules, Radio One, Inc. must submit a written statement concerning this matter
within 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, to 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 a principal or officer of Radio One Communications Service Company. 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:
                                                          
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47 C.F.R. § 1.89.
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Radio One Inc. has several licenses in the Industrial/Business Pool, Conventional Service.
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47 U.S.C. § 403.
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Tampa Office
4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 425
Tampa, Florida, 33607
4. This Notice shall be sent to by Certified Mail/Return Receipt Requested and First Class 
Mail to Radio One Communications Service Company at its address of record.
5. The Privacy Act of 1974
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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.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Ralph M. Barlow
District Director
Tampa District Office
South Central Region
Enforcement Bureau
                                                          
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P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).
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18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.