W10BM

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = W10BM

| logo = W10BM TV10 logo.png

| branding = TV-10 Morehead

| analog = 10 (VHF)

| digital =

| affiliations = Independent

| founded = 1988

| location = Morehead, Kentucky

| country = United States

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| owner = Vearl Pennington

| former_affiliations =

| former_channel_numbers =

| erp = 0.018 kW

| haat = {{convert|30|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| facility_id = 69839

| class = TX

| coordinates = {{coord|38|11|3|N|83|27|43|W|type:landmark_region:US-KY_source:FCC-LMS(NAD83)|display=inline,title}} (claimed on license)

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website =

}}

W10BM (channel 10) was a low power television station in Morehead, Kentucky, United States, that later operated unlicensed and was fined as a pirate station by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Licensed broadcast term

The FCC granted an amended construction permit for W10BM by December 4, 1987,{{cite web | url = https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=d57493fa93344ab1ba27cf6212b6c0ea&id=d57493fa93344ab1ba27cf6212b6c0ea&goBack=N | title = Amendment to a New Analog LPTV Station Construction Permit Application; File Number: BPTVL-19870702Y7 | date = December 4, 1987 | website = Licensing and Management System | publisher = Federal Communications Commission | location = Washington, D.C. | accessdate = May 1, 2020 }} and a license by March 29, 1990.{{cite web | url = https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=3936a9348c024e28be8dcf6212b6c0ea&id=3936a9348c024e28be8dcf6212b6c0ea&goBack=N | title = License To Cover for Analog LPTV Station Application; File Number:BLTVL-19900102IG | date = March 29, 1990 | website = Licensing and Management System | publisher = Federal Communications Commission | location = Washington, D.C. | accessdate = May 1, 2020 }} A license renewal expired on August 1, 1998.{{cite web | url = https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff358164c6e0158b1342aa0037f | title = License Renewal Authorization | website = Licensing and Management System | publisher = Federal Communications Commission | location = Washington, D.C. | accessdate = May 1, 2020 }} The licensed parameters were for 18 watts at {{convert|30|m|sp=us}} above ground level, broadcasting on VHF channel 10 with a city of license of Morehead, Kentucky, and licensee named as Vearl Pennington at a post office box in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.{{cite web | url = https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=69839&applicationId=3936a9348c024e28be8dcf6212b6c0ea | title = Facility ID:69839; DW10BM | website = Licensing and Management System | publisher = Federal Communications Commission | location = Washington, D.C. | accessdate = May 1, 2020 }}

On April 27, 2004, the FCC sent the Mount Sterling post office box a letter saying that W10BM at Morehead, as well as W06BC at Mount Sterling, would be cancelled unless the FCC received a response.{{cite web

| url = https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff358164c6e0158b13344ae037e

| title = In re: LPTV/TV Translator Renewal Application of: Veral Pennington; W06BC Mount Sterling, KY; Facility ID; 69842; W10BM Morehead, KY; Facility: 69839 | date = April 27, 2004 | website = Licensing and Management System | publisher = Federal Communications Commission | location = Washington, D.C. | accessdate = May 1, 2020 }} On October 18, 2004, a letter was sent to the same address, stating that no response was received and both station licenses were cancelled.{{cite web

| url = https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff358164c6e0158b131af66037d

| title = In re: LPTV/TV Translator Renewal Application of: Veral Pennington; W06BC Mount Sterling, KY; Facility ID; 69842; W10BM Morehead, KY; Facility: 69839 | date = October 18, 2004 | website = Licensing and Management System | publisher = Federal Communications Commission | location = Washington, D.C. | accessdate = May 1, 2020 }}

Pirate broadcasts and fines

On May 12, 2017, the FCC fined the station's operators, Vearl Pennington and Michael Williamson, $144,344 for continuing to operate W10BM despite the cancellation of the license.{{cite news|last1=Balderston|first1=Michael|title=FCC Fines Unlicensed Kentucky LPTV Max Penalty|url=http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/fcc-fines-unlicensed-kentucky-lptv-max-penalty/281027|accessdate=May 13, 2017|work=TV Technology|date=May 12, 2017}} The fine was upheld on January 28, 2019.{{cite web |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-2A1.pdf |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |accessdate=January 30, 2019 |date=January 29, 2019|title=FORFEITURE ORDER}}

The channel remained on the air through carriage via local Spectrum systems, until it was dropped on February 23, 2022.{{cite press release|title=IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECTRUM CHANNEL LINEUP Communities Served: Lakeview Heights, Morehead, Olive Hill, Owingsville, Salt Lick; Counties of Bath, Carter, Rowan, KY.|publisher=Charter Communications|url=https://d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/W10BM%20Drop%20in%20Morehead%20and%20Flemingsburg,KY-Channel%2099%20SouthernOhio_Kentucky_KY.pdf|access-date=April 19, 2022}} If it was still broadcasting using its transmitter, likewise, it also violated the FCC's July 13, 2021, deadline for all analog television operations to end.

References

External links

[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=69839 Station details for W10BM]

10BM

Category:Pirate television stations

Category:Rowan County, Kentucky

Category:Television channels and stations established in 1988