R B Schools app in Orem dismissed

[CAwasinNJ]

This saga goes all the way back to 2005 when the discussion was on the previous board (for those who have been reading that long.) An outfit called R B Schools was trying to take advantage of a loophole allowing them to force noncommercial stations that weren't on the air all the time to share time with them. They filed a number of applications around the country including 91.7 in Orem. That application was dismissed. Just wanted to note that.

[friendlee]

Duly noted! And appreciated.....

[David]

Too bad: that arrangement actually would have worked well with KWCR, especially since Weber State doesn't seem to have any concrete plans on what to do with 88.1 except continuing to file remain silent applications with the FCC.

[CAwasinNJ]

David, I'm not sure you understand exactly what was going on with KOHS. KOHS didn't want to share their frequency with another entity and R B was trying to force them to.

It's not a great analogy but here's an illustration: It would be like some stranger from another state found out that you never used your TV set from 9-5 each day because you're at work, made a locksmith make them a key to your front door, then started letting themselves in to sit in your living room to watch whatever they wanted to all day then left before you got home. You don't care because you weren't using it anyway, right? In this case though it's worse. R B Schools is actually a religious organization and people tuning in 91.7 in the Orem area expecting it to be KOHS could be confused if they suddenly hear preaching on that frequency.

[amanuensis]

So why did it take the FCC 11 years to make a decision?

[David]

Thanks for the clarification, CA. I just assumed that since R B Schools was taking advantage of a loophole in the FCC rules, they could always apply for another frequency in another city if the FCC nixed their application for the Provo frequency.