Federal Communications Commission FCC 08-82 
STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER JONATHAN S. ADELSTEIN
Re: Application of Oklahoma Western Telephone Company, Inc. for Renewal of Broadband Radio 
Service Stations WLK382, WNTC500, WNTC664, and WNTD797, Clayton, Oklahoma.
I issue this statement to place emphasis on the narrow scope of our decision today.  We should 
allow waivers of our license renewal applications requirements only under rare circumstances.  Here, 
Oklahoma Western Telephone Company provides a substantial public service by providing urgent 
weather alerts in an area where natural disasters are prevalent, and by providing local news and 
entertainment channels and public education and government access channels to a sparsely populated 
area.  I also take assurances from Oklahoma Western Telephone Company’s commitment to take 
corrective measures to ensure that it will timely renew its licenses for these stations in the future.   Under 
these circumstances, I approve this waiver of our rules.