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Legal Name of the Licensee/Permittee
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH
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Mailing Address
906 JENKINS ST.
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City
ENDICOTT |
State or Country (if foreign address)
NY |
Zip Code
13760 - |
Telephone Number (include area code)
6073419090 |
E-Mail Address (if available)
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FCC Registration Number:
0016632747
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Call Sign
WWSA
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Facility Identifier
171732 |
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Contact Representative (if other than licensee/Permittee)
RICHARD W. COOK, ESQ.
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Firm or Company Name
HANCOCK EASTBROOK, LLP
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Mailing Address
1500 AXA TOWER
100 MADISON STREET
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City
SYRACUSE |
State or Country (if foreign address)
NY |
ZIP Code
13202 - 315 |
Telephone Number (include area code)
3155654514
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E-Mail Address (if available)
RCOOK@HANCOCKLAW.COM
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Is this application being filed in response to a window? If Yes, specify closing date and/or window number: |
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Application Purpose
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Certification. Applicant certifies that it has answered each question in this application based on its review of the application instructions and worksheets. Applicant further certifies that where it has made an affirmative certification below, this certification constitutes its representation that the application satisfies each of the pertinent standards and criteria set forth in the application instructions and worksheets. |
Yes No
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Eligibility. Each application must answer "Yes" to one and "No" to two of the three following certifications. An applicant should not submit an explanatory exhibit in connection with these Question 2 "No" responses.
The applicant certifies that it is: |
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a nonprofit educational institution; or |
Yes No
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a governmental entity other than a school; or |
Yes No
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a nonprofit educational organization, other than described in a. or b. |
Yes No
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For applicants checking "Yes" to question 2(c) and applying for a new noncommercial educational television station only, the applicant certifies that the applicant's officers, directors and members of its governing board are broadly representative of the educational, cultural, and civic segments of the principal community to be served. |
Yes No
N/A
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The applicant certifies that the Commission has previously granted a broadcast application identified here by file number that found this applicant qualified as a noncommercial educational entity with a qualifying educational program, and that the applicant will use the proposed station to advance a program similar to that the Commission has found qualifying in applicant's previous application.
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Applicants who answered "No" to Question 4(a), must include an exhibit that describes the applicant's educational objective and how the proposed station will be used to advance an educational program that will further that objective according to 47 C.F.R. Section 73.503 (for radio applicants) and 47 C.F.R. Section 73.621 (for television applicants).
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Yes No
FCC FileNumber
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[Exhibit 2]
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The applicant certifies that its governing documents (e.g., articles of incorporation, by-laws, charter, enabling statute, and/or other pertinent organizational document) permit the applicant to advance an educational program and that there is no provision in any of those documents that would restrict the applicant from advancing an educational program or complying with any Commission rule, policy, or provision of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. |
Yes No
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Parties to the Application. List separately each party to the application including, as applicable, the applicant, its officers, directors, five percent or greater stockholders, non-insulated partners, members, and all other persons and entities with attributable interests. If another entity hold an attributable interest in the applicant, list separately, as applicable, its officers, directors, five percent or greater stockholders, non-insulated partners, and board members. Create a separate row for each individual or entity. Attach additional pages if necessary.
[Enter Parties/Owners Information]
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Applicant certifies that equity and financial interests not set forth above are non-attributable pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555 and that there are no agreements or understandings with any non-party that would give influence over the applicant's programming, personnel, or finances to that non-party. |
Yes No
[Exhibit 3] |
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Other Authorizations. List call signs, locations, and facility identifiers of all other broadcast stations in which applicant or any party to the application has an attributable interest pursuant to the notes to 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555. |
N/A
[Exhibit 4]
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Character Issues. Applicant certifies that neither applicant nor any party to the application has or has had any interest in or connection with:
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any broadcast application in any proceeding where character issues were left unresolved or were resolved adversely against the applicant or party to the application; or
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any pending broadcast application in which character issues have been raised.
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Yes No
See Explanation in
[Exhibit 5]
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Adverse Findings. Applicant certifies that, with respect to the applicant, any party to the application, and any non-party equity owner in the applicant, no adverse finding has been made, nor has an adverse final action been taken by any court or administrative body in a civil or criminal proceeding brought under the provisions of any law related to any of the following: any felony; mass media-related antitrust or unfair competition; fraudulent statements to another government unit; or discrimination.
If the answer is "No," attach as an Exhibit a full disclosure concerning the persons and matters involved, including an identification of the the court or administrative body and the proceeding (by dates and file numbers), and a description of the disposition of the matter. Where the requisite information has been earlier disclosed in connection with another application or as required by 47 C.F.R. Section 1.65, the applicant need only provide: (i) an identification of that previous submission by reference to the file number in the case of an application, the call letters of the station regarding which the application or Section 1.65 information was filed, and the date of filing; and (ii) the disposition of the previously reported matter.
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Yes No
See Explanation in
[Exhibit 6]
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Alien Ownership and Control. Applicant certifies that it complies with the provisions of Section 310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, relating to interests of aliens and foreign governments. |
Yes No
See Explanation in
[Exhibit 7]
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Program Service Certification. Applicant certifies that it is cognizant of and will comply with its obligations as a commission licensee to present a program service responsive to the issues of public concern facing the station's community of license and service area. |
Yes No
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Local Public Notice. Applicant certifies compliance with the public notice requirements of 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3580. |
Yes No
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Anti-Drug Abuse Act Certification. Applicant certifies that neither applicant nor any party to the application is subject to denial of federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862. |
Yes No
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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). If the applicant proposes to employ five or more full-time employees, applicant certifies that it is filing simultaneously with this application a Model EEO Program Report on FCC Form 396-A. |
Yes No
N/A
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QUESTIONS 15, 16 AND 17 APPLY ONLY TO APPLICANTS FOR NEW STATIONS. OTHER APPLICANTS CAN PROCEED TO QUESTION 18. |
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Financial. The applicant certifies that sufficient net liquid assets are on hand or that sufficient funds are available from committed sources to construct and operate the requested facilities for three months without revenue.
If "No" to 15., answer question 16. and 17.
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Yes No
See Explanation in
[Exhibit 8]
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Is this application contingent upon receipt of a grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration? |
Yes No
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Is this application contingent upon receipt of a grant from a charitable organization, the approval of the budget of a school or university, or an appropriation from a state, county, municipality or other political subdivision? |
Yes No
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NOTE: If Yes to 16. or 17., the application cannot be granted unconditionally until all of the necessary funds are committed or appropriated. In the case of grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, no further action on the applicant's part is required. If the applicant relies on funds from a source specified in Question 17., the applicant must advise the Commission when the funds are committed or appropriated. This should be accomplished by letter amendment to the application. Applicants should take note that the Commission's construction period is not considered "tolled" by funding difficulties and that any permit granted conditionally on funding will expire if the station is not constructed for any reason, including lack of funding. |
QUESTIONS 18 AND 19 DO NOT APPLY TO APPLICATIONS FOR NEW STATIONS. APPLICANTS FOR NEW FM STATIONS CAN PROCEED TO SECTION III. APPLICANTS FOR NEW TV STATIONS CAN PROCEED TO SECTION IV.
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Holding Period. |
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Established Local Applicant: Applicant certifies that for at least the 24 months immediately prior to application, and continuing through the present, it qualifies as a local applicant pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 73.7000, that its governing documents require that such localism be maintained, and that it has placed documentation of its qualifications as an established local applicant in a local public inspection file and has submitted to the Commission copies of the documentation. |
Yes No
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Diversity of Ownership: (a) Applicant certifies that the principal community (city grade) contour of the proposed station does not overlap the principal community contour of any other authorized station (comparing radio and television to television, including non-fill-in translator stations other than those identified in 2(b) below) in which any party to the application has an attributable interest as defined in 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555, that its governing documents require that such diversity be maintained, and that it has placed documentation of its diversity qualification in a local public inspection file and has submitted to the Commission copies of the documentation. |
Yes No
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(b) Is the application's certification to 2(a) based on its exclusion of translator station(s) that will be replaced with a full service station pursuant to the authorization requested here?
If Yes, applicant must include an exhibit identifying the translator station authorization for which it will request cancellation upon commencement of operation of the proposed full service station (i.e., upon its filing of a license application and receipt of program test authority).
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Yes No
[Exhibit 14]
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State-wide Network: Applicant certifies that (a) it has NOT claimed a credit for diversity of ownership above: (b) it is one of the three specific types of organizations described in 47 C.F.R. Section 73.7003(b)(3); and (c) it has placed documentation of its qualifications in a local public inspection file and has submitted to the Commission copies of the documentation. |
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Technical Parameters: Applicant certifies that the numbers in the boxes below accurately reflect the new area and population that its proposal would serve with a 60 dBu (FM) or Grade B (TV) signal measured in accordance with the standard predicted contours in 47 C.F.R. Section 73.713(c) (FM) and 73.683(TV) and that it has documented the basis for its calculations in the local public inspection file and has submitted copies to the Commission. Major modification applicants should include the area of proposed increase only (exclude any area already within the station's existing service area). (Points, if any, will be determined by FCC)
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Yes No
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New area served in square kilometers (excluding areas of water): |
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Population served based on the most recent census block data from the United States Bureau of Census using the centroid method:
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SECTION V - Tie Breakers - New and Major Change Applications Only (used to choose among competing radio and television applications receiving the same number of points in Section IV)
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Existing Authorizations. By placing a number in the box, the applicant certifies that it and other parties to the application have, as of the date of filing and pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555, attributable interests in the stated number of relevant broadcast station authorizations. Radio applicants should count all attributable full service radio stations, AM and FM, commercial and noncommercial, and FM translator stations other than fill-in stations or those identified in IV (2)(b) above. TV applicants should count all attributable full service TV stations, commercial and noncommercial and TV translator stations other than fill-in stations or those identified in IV(2)(b) above.
(number of commercial and non-commercial licenses and construction permits)
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Pending Applications. By placing a number in the box, the applicant certifies that it and other parties to the application have, as of the date of filing and pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555, attributable interests in the stated number of pending applications for new or major changes to relevant broadcast stations. Radio applicants should count all attributable full service radio stations, AM and FM, commercial and noncommercial, and FM translator stations other than fill-in stations or those identified in IV(2)(b) above. TV applicants should count all attributable full service TV stations, commercial and noncommercial, and TV translator stations other than fill-in stations or those identified in IV(2)(b) above.
(number of pending commercial and non-commercial applications)
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