Federal Communications Commission Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Armada Media – McCook, Inc. Licensee of Stations K291BW and WQJS618 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ) ) ) ) ) ) ) File No.: EB-FIELDWR-25-00038478 FRN: 0016305252 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Released: March 18, 2026 By the Regional Director, Region Three, Enforcement Bureau: 1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to section 1.89 of the Commission’s rules 47 CFR § 1.89. to Armada Media – McCook, Inc. (Armada Media), licensee of radio station K291BW Link to station K291BW license: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?‌facilityId=144566. and radio station WQJS618 Link to station WQJS618 license: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=3064370. (Stations) in North Platte, Nebraska. Pursuant to section 1.89(a) of the Commission’s rules, issuance of this Notice does not preclude the Enforcement Bureau from further action if warranted, including issuing a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for the violation(s) noted herein. 47 CFR § 1.89(a). 2. On August 21, 2025, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau’s Denver Office monitored the Stations located at 307 E. 4th Street, North Platte, Nebraska, and observed the following violations: a. 47 CFR § 74.1236: (b) Standard width FM channels will be assigned and the transmitting apparatus shall be operated so as to limit spurious emissions to the lowest practicable value. Any emissions including intermodulation products and radiofrequency harmonics which are not essential for the transmission of the desired aural information shall be considered to be spurious emissions. (c) The power of emissions appearing outside the assigned channel shall be attenuated below the total power of the emission as follows: Distance of emission from center frequency Minimum attenuation below unmodulated carrier 120 to 240 kHz 25 dB Over 240 and up to 600 kHz 35 dB Over 600 kHz 60 dB (d) Greater attenuation than that specified in paragraph (c) of this section may be required if interference results outside the assigned channel. The Agent found that an intermodulation product, measured at 839.39 MHz, was transmitting from the Armada Media’s rooftop equipment, was greater than 600 kHz from the K291BW center frequency of 106.1 MHz, and was not attenuated by the required minimum 60 dB. b. 74.535(a)(iii): “The mean power of emissions shall be attenuated below the mean transmitter power (PMEAN) in accordance with the following schedule…(1) [w]hen using frequency modulation…(iii) [o]n any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency by more than 250% of the authorized bandwidth: At least 43 + 10 log10 (PMEAN in watts) dB, or 80 dB, whichever is the lesser attenuation, in any 100 kHz reference bandwidth.” An intermodulation product, measured at 839.39 MHz (which is removed from the WQJS618 center frequency of 945.5 MHz by more than 250% of the authorized bandwidth), was found to be transmitting from Armada Media’s rooftop equipment, and was not attenuated by the required amount per the schedule. c. 74.535(c): “In the event a station's emissions outside its authorized channel cause harmful interference, the Commission may require the licensee to take such further steps as may be necessary to eliminate the interference.” Notwithstanding the licensee’s purported remedial installation of a filter on the K291BW antenna system, the harmful interference to another licensee from that system has not been eliminated, and the licensee has failed to take further steps as necessary to eliminate this interference. 3. Pursuant to section 308(b)of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act), and section 1.89 of the Commission’s rules, we seek additional information concerning the violations and any remedial actions taken. 47 U.S.C. § 308(b); 47 CFR § 1.89. Therefore, Armada Media must submit a written statement concerning this matter within twenty (20) days of release of this Notice. The response (i) must fully explain each violation, including all relevant surrounding facts and circumstances, (ii) must contain a statement of the specific action(s) taken to correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and (iii) must include a time line for completion of any pending corrective action(s). The response must be complete in itself and must not be abbreviated by reference to other communications or answers to other notices. 47 CFR § 1.89(c). 4. In accordance with section 1.16 of the Commission’s rules, we direct Armada Media to support its response to this Notice with an affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury, signed and dated by an authorized officer of Armada Media with personal knowledge of the representations provided in Armada Media’s response, verifying the truth and accuracy of the information therein, and confirming that all of the information requested by this Notice which is in the licensee’s possession, custody, control, or knowledge has been produced. Section 1.16 of the Commission’s rules provides that “[a]ny document to be filed with the Federal Communications Commission and which is required by any law, rule or other regulation of the United States to be supported, evidenced, established or proved by a written sworn declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath or affidavit by the person making the same, may be supported, evidenced, established or proved by the unsworn declaration, certification, verification, or statement in writing of such person . . . . Such declaration shall be subscribed by the declarant as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form . . . : ‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature)’.” 47 CFR § 1.16. To knowingly and willfully make any false statement or conceal any material fact in reply to this Notice is punishable by fine or imprisonment under title 18 of the U.S. Code. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq.; see also 47 CFR § 1.17. 5. All replies and documentation sent in response to this Notice should be marked with the File Number, specified above, and mailed to the following address: Federal Communications Commission Los Angeles Regional Office 11331 183rd Street, PMB #365 Cerritos, CA 90703 6. This Notice shall be sent to Armada Media at its address of record and to Armada Media’s counsel, John S. Neely, Esq., Miller and Neely, PC, at 4 Simms Court, Kensington, MD 20895. 7. The Privacy Act of 1974 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3). 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 Lark Hadley Regional Director, Region Three Enforcement Bureau 2