Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc.
Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc. is a broadcasting company, with 10 radio stations in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nevada. It's 100% owned by Jan Charles Gray, who lives in Los Angeles.
FCC Troubles
Since the station's change of ownership from "Elk Mountain Broadcasting" to current owner "Mount Rushmore Broadcasting", six of their stations have received huge fines. Most recent penalties include a $20,000 fine for "failing to maintain the operational readiness of the EAS (Emergency Readiness System) equipment (see FCC Rules/11.35(a)), as well as other equipment issues and violations and failure to maintain a complete public records file."
Sources connected to the FCC say that more and significantly higher fines/penalties are forthcoming. They continue by stating that any station owned or operated by Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting will "not likely" have their licenses renewed once they expire, due to the history of "past violations and cavalier attitude(s) towards following and maintaining" rules and regulations, and that this and other Mt. Rushmore stations could have their broadcasting rights taken away "at almost any moment."
In a letter dated May 12, 2017 the Federal Communications Commission ruled that the license of KAWK (FM) expired "on or about" October 22, 2009 under Section 312(g) of the Communications Act of 1934. The station's license was cancelled, the call letters were deleted and all authority to operate was terminated.[1][2]
Stations
Casper, Wyoming
Rawlins, Wyoming
Custer, South Dakota
- KFCR AM 1490*
Hot Springs, South Dakota
*Off the air.
References
- ↑ "In re: KAWK (FM), Custer SD" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ↑ Venta, Lance (May 14, 2017). "FCC Report 5/14; Deletions". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 14, 2017.