B&W Truck Service
 
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BEFORE THE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
Inre Complaintof
RADIO STATION KCRC, ENID, OKLA. .
Concerning Location of Abandoned
Tower of B&W Truck Service
FCC 68-1209
DECEMBER 18, 1968.
Mr. KENNETH H. BURCHARDT,d.b.a. B&W Truck Service,
P.O. Box243Enid, Okla. 73701.
DEAR Mr. BURCHARDT: Thiswill refer to the long-standing reradiation
complaint by radio station KCRC, Enid, Okla., directed against
your special industrial radio operation in the same community
(KEN-393) . Thishas been the subject of numerous, but unproductive,
conferences and exchanges of correspondence between the
Commission'sstaff andrepresentatives of both KCRC andyourself.
A summary of events pertinent to our consideration of the KCRC
complaint is as follows: Radio station KCRC (1390 kc/s,1 kw,DA-1)
has operated a full-time standard broadcast service at Enid since the
early 1920's. SinceAugust 1967, it has been operating with parameters
at variance from licensed values because of pattern distortion caused
by acommunicationstoweryouerected approximately 1,000feetsouth-
east oftheKCRC directional array. Thistower was builtinthe wrong
place; we had originally issued aconstruction permit specifying
geographiccoordinates approximately 1 mile from the KCRC facility.
You thereafterrelocated your base station at another site, abandoning
the original tower in the process. It is emphasized that we did not
grant an authorization to erect a tower at the location initially chosen,
nor was KCRC notified of that choice or afforded an opportunity to
be heard in opposition thereto.
The presence of the abandoned tower continues to produce severe
distortion of KCRC's authorized directional pattern, which is
characterizedby a seriousreduction in signal strength overthecity ofEnid
and other portions of the station's primary service area. Moreover,
the resulting displacement of nulls and lobes in the measured pattern
is a possible source of objectionable interference to other stations
assigned to the same channel. As a result, we have been compelled to
defer action on the KCRClicense renewal application.
In view of your continuing refusal to cooperate in resolving the
problem created by your unauthorized construction, you Are ordered
either to dismantle the abandoned tower or, after consultation with
KCRC, to eliminate the reradiation by detuning the tower. Failure to
do so will make it necessary for us to initiate appropriate proceedings
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looking toward examination of your qualifications to be a licensee
in the special Industrial Radio Service.YouArefurtherordered
to submit.awritten report within 30 days
from the date of this letter, describingthe corrective measures taken
or contemplated by you.
Commissioner Cox was absent.
BY DIRECTIONOFTHECOMMISSION,
BEN F. WAPLE, Secretary.