Subject: [NEXTEL-1] WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CONFIRMS CERTAIN 220 MHZ PHASE I LICENSES CANCELLED AS A RESULT OF SPECTRUM AUDIT(OUCH!)

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:46:36 -0400

DA 03-3310
October 22, 2003

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CONFIRMS CERTAIN 220 MHZ PHASE I LICENSES
CANCELLED AS A RESULT OF SPECTRUM AUDIT (OUCH!)

On May 14, 2003, the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Wireless
Telecommunications
Bureau (Bureau) began its license audit of the operational status of certain
site-specific licenses operating in the 220 – 222 MHz (220 MHz) band.
Specifically, the audit included licenses in the following services:

• “QT” – Non-nationwide 5-channel trunked systems
• “QD” – Non-nationwide data
• “QO” – Non-nationwide other

Note: This audit did not include geographic-area licenses granted following the
220 MHz auctions or 220
MHz licenses authorized for public safety, mutual aid, or emergency medical
services.

On May 14, 2003, 452 letters were mailed to all licensees operating in the QT, QD,
and QO radio services inquiring into the operational status of each license held.
Each licensee was required to respond and certify, by June 13, 2003, that its
authorized station(s) had not permanently discontinued service (i.e., discontinued
operations for one year or more).  The audit letter, mailed to each licensee at
its address of record, included the call signs of the licensee’s authorizations
involved in this audit.  In addition, the Bureau released an initial Public Notice
announcing the audit,  as well as several follow-up Public Notices explaining that
the audit was underway and setting forth the audit process.   We received 326
(72%) responses to this audit letter.  On July 8, 2003 the Bureau mailed a second
audit letter and notice of cancellation to those who did not respond to the first
audit letter, requiring them to respond to the audit by August 7, 2003.  As of
October 3,2003, we had received 47 (37%) responses to the second audit letter.

In the audit letters that were mailed to the individual licensees, as well as in
the Bureau’s Public Notices, we expressly indicated that a response to the audit
letter was mandatory.  We also indicated that failure to provide a timely response
might result in the Commission’s presumption that station at issue was
non-operational for one year or more and therefore automatically cancelled.  The
Bureau’s second audit letter explicitly stated that failure to timely respond to
the audit letter may result in the loss of the licensee’s authority to operate on
the station(s) at issue in the audit letter.  The Bureau has received no response
to either of the audit letters for the station licenses that are set forth in
Appendix A.  The Bureau therefore presumes that the stations identified in
Appendix A have been non-operational for a period of one year or more, and
confirms that these station licenses have cancelled automatically pursuant to 47
C.F.R. §90.157 of the Commission’s rules.  Action has been taken in the Universal
Licensing System to terminate these licenses.

For additional information on the 220 MHz license audit, visit the 220 MHz audit
web site at http://wireless.fcc.gov/licensing/audits/220 or contact Denise Walter
of the Bureau’s Commercial Wireless Division at 202-418-0620 or
[email-masked].

APPENDIX A

WPCW576 QT BADE, ROBERT
WPCT285 QT BENNINGFIELD, LEONA J
WPCV481 QT BOLDING, RAMONA L
WPBN550 QT BORDEN JR, MILTON E
WPCW409 QT BRENTWOOD 220 SMR
WPCV944 QT BUFFALO 220 SMR
WPDN742 QT CAMPBELL, BILLY T
WPCV255 QT CHIN, WILLIAM H
WPCR235 QO CLEVELAND COMMUNICATIONS INC
WPCW837 QT CORNELL, JANE
WPDH405 QT D W N ENTERPRISES
WPDN883 QT DENSLOW, LEO
WPCW779 QT EQUITEC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
WPCJ236 QT FIRST FLORIDA COMMUNICATIONS INC
WPCK255 QT FIRST FLORIDA COMMUNICATIONS INC
WPFG733 QT FIRST FLORIDA COMMUNICATIONS INC
WPFI414 QT FIRST FLORIDA COMMUNICATIONS INC
WPCV512 QT GILSTAD, DENNIS J
WPDF703 QT GOLDBERG, ERIC M
WPDC211 QT GROVER, DENISE
WPDM573 QT HAIL MARY PARTNERSHIP
WPDK223 QT HARRIS, KAY
WPCJ958 QT HARRIS, KAY
WPDN988 QT HART IV, ROBERT A:HART, H RANDOLPH DBA COLUMBIA
   CELLULAR LP
WPCV795 QT HART IV, ROBERT A:HART, H RANDOLPH DBA COLUMBIA
   CELLULAR LP
WPCV797 QT HART IV, ROBERT A:HART, H RANDOLPH DBA COLUMBIA
   CELLULAR LP
WPCV807 QT HART IV, ROBERT A:HART, H RANDOLPH DBA COLUMBIA
   CELLULAR LP
WPCX241 QT HART IV, ROBERT A:HART, H RANDOLPH DBA COLUMBIA
   CELLULAR LP
WPCX242 QT HART IV, ROBERT A:HART, H RANDOLPH DBA COLUMBIA
   CELLULAR LP
WPCX531 QT HART IV, ROBERT A:HART, H RANDOLPH DBA COLUMBIA
   CELLULAR LP
WPFK702 QT HART IV, ROBERT A:HART, H RANDOLPH DBA COLUMBIA
   CELLULAR LP
WPDK227 QT HONOHAN HARWOOD CHERNETT & WASSERMAN
WPDP560 QT J&J MOBILE SYSTEMS
WPCA939 QT JONES, ELIZABETH A
WPCX224 QT KILMER, DAVID A
WPCX306 QT KUNKLE, DAVID
WPCJ551 QT KURTZ, VIRGINIA
WPEZ861 QT LA VENTURA SMR PARTNERSHIP
WPCW797 QT LAS VEGAS MOBILE COMMUNICATION PARTNERSHIP
WPET490 QT LEONG, KATHRYN
WPCB661 QT LOVETT, DELORES
WPCD829 QT LOVETT, WILLIAM W
WPCX639 QT MICOM PARTNERS
WPCX757 QT NET RADIO GROUP COMMUNICATIONS LLC
WPCR622 QT PFLUEGER, ARTHUR E:PFLUEGER, PATRICIA A DBA PFLUEGER
   ENTERPRISES
WPCX401 QT PHOENIX DISPATCH DATA 220 OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
WPCV592 QT RESPONSE COMM INC
WPCP710 QT RIEDE, JAMES P
WPCY431 QT  RUBIN, ALISSA A
WPDN766 QT SAKO COMMUNICATIONS
WPDN770 QT SAKO COMMUNICATIONS
WPDN822 QT SAKO COMMUNICATIONS
WPCW422 QT SEAGATE COMMUNICATION GROUP
WPEN965 QT SMR LICENSE POOL II LC
WPDX716 QT STARKWEATHER, GARY
WPEH231 QT SUTINEN, GERALD W
WPCV406 QT TRICOM PARTNERS
WPEP807 QT WASHINGTON DISPATCH DATA 220 SMR PARTNERSHIP
WPDW617 QT WELLS, DARRELL R:KILEY, DONNA J DBA SMC OPTIONS
WPBR455 QT YOUNG, GARY A

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