WCOC

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WCOC
Broadcast area Birmingham, Alabama
Frequency 1010 kHz
Programming
Format Defunct, was Regional Mexican
Ownership
OwnerAzteca Communications of Alabama, Inc.
History
First air date
 1982
Last air date
2011
Former call signs
WPYK (1979–1987)
WDLE (1987–1988)
WPYK (1988–2002) [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 51932
Class D
Power 5,000 watts (day)
41 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 33°48′04″N87°06′42″W / 33.80111°N 87.11167°W / 33.80111; -87.11167

WCOC (1010 AM) was a radio station licensed to the community of Dora, Alabama, United States, and serving the greater Birmingham, Alabama, area. The station is owned by Azteca Communications of Alabama, Inc. It aired a Regional Mexican music format [2] but as of August 2011 shut down operations due to "financial difficulties".

Contents

History

Launch

On May 24, 1979, the Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit for a new standard broadcast station at 1010 kHz with 500 watts of power, daytime only. [3] On November 24, 1980, the permit was modified to allow a maximum power of 5,000 watts. [4] After several extensions, and nearly five years after the initial application was filed in June 1977, the FCC granted WPYK a license to cover on April 28, 1982. [5]

1980s and 1990s

In April 1985, Mid-Way Radio reached an agreement to sell this station to James O. Powell (trading as JASCO). The deal was approved by the FCC on May 17, 1985, and after a significant delay the transaction was finally consummated on April 11, 1986. [6] The same day, April 11, 1986, James O. Powell (trading as JASCO) reached an agreement to sell this station to Earl Fisher. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 20, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on May 30, 1986. [7] The new owners petitioned the FCC to change the station's call letters to WDLE on November 30, 1987. [1] On June 4, 1988, the station had its call letters changed back to WPYK. [1]

In August 1988, Earl Fisher reached an agreement to sell this station to Casey & Perkins Broadcasting. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 3, 1988. [8] In January 1990, Casey & Perkins Broadcasting reached an agreement to sell this station to Paul Tate Johnson. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 2, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 20, 1990. [9]

2000s

In December 2001, Paul Tate Johnson reached an agreement to sell this station to Azteca Communications of Alabama, Inc (Javier Macias, owner). The station was sold for a reported $190,000. [10] The deal was approved by the FCC on February 12, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on April 4, 2002. [11] The new owners had the station's call letters changed by the FCC to WCOC on April 4, 2002. [1]

At the time of the sale, Javier Macias owned three other radio stations: WAZX and WAZX-FM serving Atlanta, Georgia, and WGTA near Rome, Georgia. [10] Together, these stations were operated as a network under the branding "Radio La Que Buena" featuring Regional Mexican music and other Spanish-language programming, including Atlanta Braves baseball broadcasts. [12]

Falling silent

On November 28, 2007, the station informed the FCC that it would be going off the air on December 1, 2007, due to "financial difficulties being experienced by the licensee." [13] The application noted that the station would resume broadcast operations "following a reassessment of station operations to determine a means to improve station revenues" and requested authority to stay silent pending this reassessment. On September 26, 2008, the station filed for an extension of this temporary stay silent authority. [14] The September 2008 filing also states that negotiations were then in progress for the sale of this radio station. [14] On November 19, 2008, the FCC granted the requested extension with a scheduled expiration date of May 18, 2009. [14]

The station resumed broadcasting on November 25, 2008, but fell silent again just days later on November 29, 2008. They belatedly informed the FCC in July 2009 during their request for authority to remain silent. The FCC granted the request on September 17, 2009, with a November 28, 2009, expiration date. [15] The station reported that they resumed broadcasting on November 28, 2009, ending nearly two years of silence. If the station had been continuously silent for a full year, the broadcast license would have been subject to forfeiture and cancellation. [16]

Deletion

After more than 20 months of regular operation, WCOC fell silent again on August 12, 2011. [17] In their November 2011 request for authority to remain silent, the license holder cited "financial difficulties" as the reason for taking the station off the air. The FCC granted this authority on January 4, 2012, with a July 2, 2012, scheduled expiration. [18] On November 3, 2014, WCOC's license was turned in to the FCC.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details (BP-20833)". FCC Media Bureau. May 24, 1979.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BMP-19791001AG)". FCC Media Bureau. November 24, 1980.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details (BL-19820419AD)". FCC Media Bureau. April 28, 1982.
  6. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19850402EN)". FCC Media Bureau. April 11, 1986.
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19860407EI)". FCC Media Bureau. May 30, 1986.
  8. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19880815EI)". FCC Media Bureau. October 3, 1988.
  9. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19891226EC)". FCC Media Bureau. June 20, 1990.
  10. 1 2 "Changing Hands - 2/24/2002". Broadcasting & Cable. February 24, 2002.
  11. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-20011219AAF)". FCC Media Bureau. April 4, 2002.
  12. ↑ "Radio Que Buena-WAZX 1550 AM and 101.9 FM is the official Spanish radio affiliate of the Atlanta Braves" (Press release). Atlanta Braves. June 30, 2003. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA (BLSTA - 20071203CQB)". FCC Media Bureau. November 28, 2007.
  14. 1 2 3 "Application Search Details (BLESTA-20080925AAO)". FCC Media Bureau. September 26, 2008.
  15. ↑ "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20090714ABN)". FCC Media Bureau. September 17, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Silent AM and FM Broadcast Station Lists". The FCC Encyclopedia. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  17. ↑ "AM silent stations, silent over 2 months". Federal Communications Commission. January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20111117AYE)". FCC Media Bureau. January 4, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
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