KPBD

KPBD
City of license	Big Spring, Texas
Broadcast area	Big Spring/Snyder, Texas
Frequency	89.3 MHz
First air date	2005
Format	Defunct
Language(s)	English
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters (330 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	90502
Transmitter coordinates	32°9′51″N 101°25′27″W / 32.16417°N 101.42417°W / 32.16417; -101.42417
Owner	Paulino Bernal Evangelism

KPBD (89.3 FM) is a defunct American non-commercial educational radio station that was licensed to serve the community of Big Spring, the county seat of Howard County, Texas. The station's broadcast license was held by Paulino Bernal Evangelism. The station began broadcasting in June 2005 and went dark in May 2009 which led to the cancellation of the station's broadcast license in June 2011.

Programming

KPBD broadcast a Spanish-language religious radio format to the greater Big Spring-Snyder, Texas, area as a member of the La Nueva Radio Cristiana radio network.^[1]

History

In April 1998, Paulino Bernal Evangelism applied to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. After disputes between multiple applicants for the permit were resolved, the FCC granted this permit on June 3, 2002, with a scheduled expiration date of June 3, 2005.^[2] The new station was assigned call sign "KPBD" on May 24, 2005.^[3] After construction and testing were completed in late May 2005, the station was granted its broadcast license on January 26, 2006.^[4]

The station fell silent for the first time on August 12, 2008. In their August 20, 2008, application for special temporary authority to remain silent, the station's owners cited "a malfunction with the equipment" for the extended lack of broadcasting.^[5] The station briefly resumed broadcasting on May 28, 2009, during an attempt to resolve technical issues but shut down the same day after the station's engineer determined the equipment was "not able to maintain operation within licensed parameters".

In their August 20, 2009, application for a new authority to remain silent, the license holder blamed "miscommunication" for their failure to notify the FCC of the events of May 2009.^[6] The new application was accepted for filing on August 21, 2009, and the original application was dismissed on August 26, 2009.^[5]^[6] In the application, station owner Paulino Bernal, Jr., stated his belief that repairs could be completed "within the next month" and regular broadcasting resumed.^[6]

The station never resumed broadcasting, officially falling dark for the final time on May 28, 2009.^[6] Under the terms of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as a matter of law a radio station's broadcast license is subject to automatic forfeiture and cancellation if they fail to broadcast for one full year.^[7]

In June 2011, the FCC notified licensee Paulino Bernal Evangelism that the license for KPBD had expired as a matter of law on May 29, 2010.^[8] (The license for "K231AL", this station's broadcast translator, was declared expired at the same time.) After the KPBD broadcast license was cancelled, the KPBD call sign was deleted from the FCC database on June 7, 2011.^[3]^[8]

References

↑ Fritz, Ken; Fritz, Norah (October 30, 2008). "Texas FM". The United States Radio Directory: A Traveler's Favorite Companion 2008-2009. p. 167. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Application Search Details (BPED-19980417MG)". FCC Media Bureau. June 3, 2002. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
1 2 "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
↑ "Application Search Details (BLED-20050601ABU)". FCC Media Bureau. January 26, 2006. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
1 2 "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20080820ABC)". FCC Media Bureau. August 26, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20090820ABZ)". FCC Media Bureau. July 21, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
↑ "Silent AM and FM Broadcast Station Lists". The FCC Encyclopedia. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
1 2 Doyle, Peter H. (June 7, 2011). "Notification of License Expiration (1800B3-DW)". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2012.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KPBD

Radio stations in the Big Spring/Snyder, Texas area

by FM frequency	91.1 91.3 91.5 94.3 95.7 98.5 98.9 101.5 105.5 107.1

by AM frequency	690 1320 1400 1450 1490

by call sign	KAUM KBCX KBKN KBST KBST-FM KBTS KBYG KGWB KJJT KLYD KPET KSNY KSNY-FM KVMC KXCS

Defunct	KPBD (89.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Abilene Amarillo Lubbock Odessa–Midland San Angelo Wichita Falls See also List of radio stations in Texas

Religious radio stations in the state of Texas

KHCB Radio Network	KHCB-FM – Houston (English) KHCB – Galveston (Spanish) KHCH – Huntsville (Spanish & Asian) Satellite Stations KANJ – Giddings KHCJ – Jefferson KHCP – Paris KHIB – Bastrop KHKV – Kerrville KHML – Madisonville KHPO – Port O'Connor KHTA – Wake Village KHVT – Bloomington KKER – Kerrville KRTG – Carthage

EWTN Radio affiliates	Guadalupe Radio Network: KLPF – Midland KATH – Frisco KBKN – Lamesa KBMD – Marble Falls KJMA – Floresville KVDG – Midland (Spanish) KJON – Carrollton (Spanish) KWMF – Pleasanton (Spanish) Other affiliates: KDJW – Amarillo KOLF-LP – Plainview KPIA-LP – Huntsville

Other religious stations	KABA – Louise KACB-LP – College Station KACD-LP – Midland KAFR – Conroe KAGC – Bryan KAMY – Lubbock KANI – Wharton KAQD – Abilene KATG – Athens KAVO – Pampa KAVW – Amarillo KAVX – Lufkin KAYK – Victoria KBAH – Plainview KBBW – Waco KBCX – Big Spring KBJS – Jacksonville KBMM – Odessa KBNR – Brownsville KBRZ-FM – Victoria KBUB – Brownwood KCAS – McCook KCKT – Crockett KCRN – San Angelo KCRN-FM – San Angelo KCTA – Corpus Christi KDAE – Sinton KDEI – Port Arthur KDKR – Decatur KDRY – Alamo Heights KDSH-LP – Borger KELP – El Paso KEOE-LP – Lufkin KEPI – Eagle Pass KFGG-LP – Marble Falls KFLB – Odessa KFLB – Odessa KGLY – Tyler KGOD-LP – Tenaha KGWP – Pittsburg KHSP – Killeen KIBL – Beeville KIJN – Farwell KIJN-FM – Farwell KIXL – Del Valle KJAK – Slaton KJHV – Killeen KJRN – Keene KJRT – Amarillo KKHT – Winnie KLBW – New Boston KLDS – Falfurrias KMAT – Seadrift KMEO – Mertzon KMOC – Wichita Falls KNNK – Dimmitt KNRB – Atlanta KOIR – Edinburg KOKE-FM – Thorndale KPAS – Fabens KPDR – Wheeler KPXI – Overton KQUE-FM – Bay City KRBG – Umbarger KRCM – Shenandoah KRIO-FM – Roma KRYH – Temple KSGR – Portland KSLR – San Antonio KTAA – Big Sany KTEK – Alvin KTER – Rudolph KTMR – Edna KTMR – Converse KTMU – Muenster KTXB – Beaumont KTYR – Trinity KVJS – Arroyo KVMV – McAllen KWAS – Borger KWRD-FM – Highland Village KXAI – Refugio KXOI – Crane KXVX-LP – Sulphur Springs KYFB – Denison KYFP – Palestine KYFS – San Antonio KYJC – Commerce KYZQ – Mount Pleasant KZFT – Fannett

Defunct	KKVI – Overland

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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