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Channels | |
Branding | TV-10 Morehead |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Independent |
Ownership | |
Owner | Vearl Pennington |
History | |
Founded | 1988 |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 69839 |
Class | TX |
ERP | 0.018 kW |
HAAT | 30 m (98 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°11′3″N 83°27′43″W / 38.18417°N 83.46194°W (claimed on license) |
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Public license information |
W10BM (channel 10) was a low power television station in Morehead, Kentucky, United States, that later operated unlicensed and was fined as a pirate station by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The FCC granted an amended construction permit for W10BM by December 4, 1987, [2] and a license by March 29, 1990. [3] A license renewal expired on August 1, 1998. [4] The licensed parameters were for 18 watts at 30 meters (98 ft) above ground level, broadcasting on VHF channel 10 with a city of license of Morehead, Kentucky, and licensee named as Vearl Pennington at a post office box in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. [5]
On April 27, 2004, the FCC sent the Mount Sterling post office box a letter saying that W10BM at Morehead, as well as W06BC at Mount Sterling, would be cancelled unless the FCC received a response. [6] On October 18, 2004, a letter was sent to the same address, stating that no response was received and both station licenses were cancelled. [7]
On May 12, 2017, the FCC fined the station's operators, Vearl Pennington and Michael Williamson, $144,344 for continuing to operate W10BM despite the cancellation of the license. [8] The fine was upheld on January 28, 2019. [9]
The channel remained on the air through carriage via local Spectrum systems, until it was dropped on February 23, 2022. [10] If it was still broadcasting using its transmitter, likewise, it also violated the FCC's July 13, 2021, deadline for all analog television operations to end.
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Channels | |
Branding | TV-10 Morehead |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Independent |
Ownership | |
Owner | Vearl Pennington |
History | |
Founded | 1988 |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 69839 |
Class | TX |
ERP | 0.018 kW |
HAAT | 30 m (98 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°11′3″N 83°27′43″W / 38.18417°N 83.46194°W (claimed on license) |
Links | |
Public license information |
W10BM (channel 10) was a low power television station in Morehead, Kentucky, United States, that later operated unlicensed and was fined as a pirate station by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The FCC granted an amended construction permit for W10BM by December 4, 1987, [2] and a license by March 29, 1990. [3] A license renewal expired on August 1, 1998. [4] The licensed parameters were for 18 watts at 30 meters (98 ft) above ground level, broadcasting on VHF channel 10 with a city of license of Morehead, Kentucky, and licensee named as Vearl Pennington at a post office box in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. [5]
On April 27, 2004, the FCC sent the Mount Sterling post office box a letter saying that W10BM at Morehead, as well as W06BC at Mount Sterling, would be cancelled unless the FCC received a response. [6] On October 18, 2004, a letter was sent to the same address, stating that no response was received and both station licenses were cancelled. [7]
On May 12, 2017, the FCC fined the station's operators, Vearl Pennington and Michael Williamson, $144,344 for continuing to operate W10BM despite the cancellation of the license. [8] The fine was upheld on January 28, 2019. [9]
The channel remained on the air through carriage via local Spectrum systems, until it was dropped on February 23, 2022. [10] If it was still broadcasting using its transmitter, likewise, it also violated the FCC's July 13, 2021, deadline for all analog television operations to end.