FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554

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IN REPLY REFER TO:
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CERTIFIED MAIL

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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Peter D. Tonks
Nassau Broadcasting, II, L.L.C.
619 Alexander Road, Third Floor
Princeton, NJ 08540
In re: WPLY(AM), Mount Pocono, PA
Facility ID No. 67060
Notification of Cancellation of License
And Deletion of Call Letters
Dear Mr. Tonks:
On January 2, 2014, we requested written clarification of the operating status of Station
WPLY(AM), Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, which required a reply within thirty days.' Our
letter stated: "Failure to respond to this letter within the specified time will result in adverse
actions jeopardizing both the station's license and call letters." To date, we have not received a
reply.
Based on the lack of a response to our status inquiry letter, we will consider Station
WPLY(AM), to have been silent for more than 12 months. Section 312(g) of the
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. Section 3 12(g), provides that "if a broadcasting station fails to
transmit broadcast signals for any consecutive 1 2-month period, then the station license granted
for the operation of that broadcast station expires at the end of that period, notwithstanding any
provision, term, or condition of the license to the contrary."2
Accordingly, the Commission's public and internal databases will be modified to indicate that
the station license for referenced station EXPIRED as a matter of law and we HEREBY
DELETE the station's call sign WPLY(AM).

See Letter to Doreen A. Blood., Reference 1 800B3-DW (MB August 22, 2013)
2

See Implementation of Section 403(1,) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 11 FCC Rcd 16499 (1996); see also 47
C.F.R. §73.1740(c).

Finally, we note that it is imperative to the safety of air navigation that any prescribed
painting and illumination of the station's tower be maintained until the tower is dismantled.
Accordingly, the owner of the tower where the referenced station's transmitting antenna is
located is required, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 303(q), to maintain the tower in the manner
prescribed by our rules and the terms of the cancelled license.3
Sincerely,

oyle
Chief, Audio Division
Media Bureau

See 47 C.F.R. § 17.1 et seq. and 73.1213. See also, Streamlining the Commission's Antenna Structure Clearance
Procedure, WT Docket No. 95-5, 11 FCC Rcd 4272 (1995).