WCOC

Infobox Radio station
name = WCOC


city = Dora, Alabama
area = Birmingham, Alabama
branding = "Radio La Que Buena"
slogan =
airdate = 1982
frequency = 1010 kHz
format = Regional Mexican (currently silent)
power = 5,000 watts (day)
41 watts (night)
class = D
facility_id = 51932
coordinates = coord|33|48|4.00|N|87|6|42.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WPYK (1979-1987) WDLE (1987-1988) WPYK (1988-2002)
owner = Azteca Communications of Alabama, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.radiolaquebuena.com/ radiolaquebuena.com]
affiliations =

WCOC (1010 AM, "Radio La Que Buena") is a radio station licensed to the community of Dora, Alabama, USA, and serving the greater Birmingham, Alabama, area. The station is owned by Azteca Communications of Alabama, Inc. It normally airs a Regional Mexican music formatcite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/] but is currently silent pending a potential sale.

History

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. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-20833) |date=1979-05-24 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1137] On November 24, 1980, the permit was modified to allow a maximum power of 5,000 watts. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19791001AG) |date=1980-11-24 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=14015] 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. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19820419AD) |date=1982-04-28 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=41717]

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. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19850402EN) |date=1986-04-11 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=77326] That very 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. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19860407EI) |date=1986-05-30 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=87089] The new owners petitioned the FCC to change the station's call letters to WDLE on November 30, 1987.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=51932&Callsign=WCOC |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database] On June 4, 1988, the station had its call letters changed back to WPYK.

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. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19880815EI) |date=1988-10-03 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=117028] 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. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19891226EC) |date=1990-06-20 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=138169]

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.cite news |date=2002-02-24 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA194309.html |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 2/24/2002] The deal was approved by the FCC on February 12, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on April 4, 2002. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20011219AAF) |date=2002-04-04 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=589338] The new owners had the station's call letters changed by the FCC to WCOC on April 4, 2002.

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. 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. [cite pressrelease |publisher=Atlanta Braves |title=Radio Que Buena-WAZX 1550 AM and 101.9 FM is the official Spanish radio affiliate of the Atlanta Braves |url=http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20030630&content_id=402870&vkey=pr_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl |date=2003-06-30]

ilent

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." [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA (BLSTA - 20071203CQB) |date=2007-11-28 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101222484&formid=910&fac_num=51932] 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.cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLESTA-20080925AAO) |date=2008-09-26 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1268004]

The September 2008 filing also states that negotiations are currently in progress for the sale of this radio station.

References

External links

*AMQ|WCOC
*AML|WCOC
*AMARB|WCOC