FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554
November 14, 2011
IN REPLY REFER TO:
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Emanuel Carrera
280 Hickory Road
Biloxi, MS 39531

In re: KZTD(AM), Cabot, AR
Facility ID No. 25861
Silent since March 29, 2011
Request for Special Temporary
Authority to Remain Silent

Dear Mr. Carrera:
This letter concerns the request you filed on April 27, 2011, for Special Temporary Authority
to permit AM Station KZTD to remain silent.
Your request states that Station KZTD(AM) went silent on March 29, 2011, for technical
reasons. The request includes the appropriate certification regarding Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988.
Your request will be granted. Accordingly, Special Temporary Authority is granted to
permit Station KZTD(AM) to remain silent until March 29, 2012. Notwithstanding the grant of
this Special Temporary Authority, the broadcast license for Station KZTD(AM) will
automatically expire as a matter of law if broadcast operations do not commence by 12:01
a.m., March 30, 2012.' See Section 3 12(g) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 3 12(g).
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

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(2IiFCC.gov.

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).
Sincerely,

H. Taft Snowdon
Supervisory Attorney
Audio Division
Media Bureau

cc: Francisco R. Montero, Esq.