Orders Studio to Cease Such Operations Within 48 Hours
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\nWASHINGTON, June 22, 2020\u2014The FCC\u2019s International Bureau today dismissed an
\napplication to deliver Mandarin Chinese programming from a studio located in Irwindale,
\nCalifornia to XEWW-AM in Mexico for rebroadcast back into the United States. The
\napplication was dismissed because the parties failed to include in their application a key
\nparticipant, Phoenix Radio, which produces the Mandarin programming in its studio. Phoenix
\nRadio is partially owned by two entities with Chinese government ownership, Extra Steps
\nInvestment Limited and China Wise International Limited. The parties have 48 hours to cease
\nbroadcast operations related to this application.<\/p>\n
The Bureau formally dismissed the Permit to Deliver Programs to Foreign Broadcast Stations
\n(section 325(c)) application of GLR Southern California and H&H Group USA as deficient as
\nthe application failed to include Phoenix Radio, LLC, as an applicant. Phoenix Radio\u2019s known
\nactivities at this broadcast programming studio are such that, without reviewing its role as an
\napplicant, the FCC could not evaluate the proposed service. Specifically, the broadcast
\nprogramming subject to this application is supplied, created, and produced in a studio used,
\nowned, and maintained by Phoenix Radio. The Bureau also dismissed an associated request to
\nrenew Special Temporary Authority to operate pending Commission action on the underlying
\nsection 325(c) application.<\/p>\n
The intent of the application was that the programming would be transmitted from the studio to
\nXEWW-AM in Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico and then broadcast back into the
\nUnited States. If such a revised application is filed that includes Phoenix Radio as an
\napplicant, the Commission would review it under applicable law, including determining
\nwhether the grant of the application would serve the public interest under Section 309 of the
\nCommunications Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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