KEVIN BRADY 
MEMB ER OF CON GRESS 
BTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS 
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
CHAIRMAN 
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DEPUTY WHIP 
The Honorable Ajit Pai 
Chairman 
Federal Communications Commission 
445 12th St. SW 
Washington, DC 20554 
Dear Chairman Pai, 
October 4, 2017 
I am writing to bring to your attention my concerns regarding the denial of an FCC license 
renewal application and a pending request for reconsideration of the denial letter. In addition, I 
am concerned about a related denial of an assignment of license application for the same station. 
Roy Henderson, a constituent in the Eighth District of Texas, has encountered some difficulty in 
renewing his license for KROY, his Houston-area radio station. 
Mr. Henderson has been informed that the denial ofKROY's license renewal was largely based 
on an objection to the application which has since been withdrawn by the complainant following 
a meeting with staff at the FCC. Therefore, there is no pending opposition to either application. 
Mr. Henderson is in the process of selling KROY to another constituent businessman, Mr. Ben 
Amato, who also operates a radio station serving my congressional district. The sale process has 
been significantly delayed due to Commission action. 
It is my understanding that the FCC staff raised two objections to the renewal based on the 
complaints made by a third party; the station had been off the air for a period of one year and that 
the station operated from an unauthorized location. The Henderson family maintains that KROY 
was never off the air for more than a few weeks at a time, and not off the air during the time 
alleged by the Commission's staff. During the alleged period, FCC enforcement staff visited 
KROY multiple times and did not indicate that the station was off the air, or operating from an 
unauthorized location 
As there are no longer any formal objections to this license renewal, it is my hope that the 
Federal Communications Commission will review this request and expeditiously grant Mr. 
Henderson's petition for reconsideration and assignment of license application. 
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Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact my Chief of Staff, David Davis, 
David.Davis@mail.house.gov, or my Counsel, Austin Bray, Austin.Bray@mail.house.gov. 
Sincerely, 
Kevin Brady 
Member of Congress 
CC: 
Mignon Clyburn, FCC Commissioner 
Michael O'Rielly, FCC Commissioner 
Brendan Carr, FCC Commissioner 
Jessica Rosenworcel, FCC Commissioner 
Michelle M. Carey, FCC Media Bureau Chief