FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554
October 4, 2011
IN REPLY REFER TO:
1800B3-VM

Neil Hopper
Immanuel Broadcasting Network
P.O. Box 1000
Cartersville, GA 30120

In re: W222AF, Marietta, GA
Facility ID No. 83640
Silent since June 27, 2011
Request for Special Temporary
Authority to Remain Silent
Dear Mr. Hopper:
This letter concerns the request you filed on June 30, 2011, on behalf of Immanuel
Broadcasting Network ("IBN"), for Special Temporary Authority to permit FM Translator
Station W222AF to remain silent.
IBN's request states that Station W222AF went silent on June 27, 2011, pending the
relocation of its translator site. The request includes the appropriate certification regarding
Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.'
IBN's request will be granted. Accordingly, Special Temporary Authority is granted to
permit Station W222AF to remain silent not to exceed 180 days from the date of this letter.
Notwithstanding the grant of this Special Temporary Authority, the broadcast license for
Station W222AF will automatically expire as a matter of law if broadcast operations do not
commence by 12:01 a.m., June 28, 2012.2 See Section 312(g) of the Communications Act, 47
U.S.C. § 312(g).

In the event extension of special temporary authority is sought, please renew the certification in this matter.
2 In addition to filing electronically with the Commission on the date operations resume, notification of resumption
of broadcast operations must be emailed to Denise.Williams@FCC.gov

The station's silent status does not suspend the licensee's obligation to comply with all
other relevant Commission rules, including the filing, when appropriate, of applications for
renewal of broadcast license. Finally, we note that it is imperative to the safety of air navigation
that any prescribed painting and illumination of the station's tower shall be maintained until
removed. See 47 C.F.R. § 17.6 and 73.1740(a)(4).

Sncerely

/41C1
H. Taft Snowdon
Supervisory Attorney
Audio Division
Media Bureau