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WKCW
WARRENTON VA
AM BROADCAST
1420.0 kHz
Radio Companion Limited Liability Company
3970 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax VA 22030
7036919496
Facility ID: 73190
Licensed And Silent
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Enforcement History
FRN: 0019680586
 
MOD BZ-20080502ACH Granted 11/10/2008
ML BMP-20060511ABV Granted 12/20/2007
L2CA BL-20060302ADG Granted 02/20/2008
REC Application ID: 1125839 (LMS)
Legacy CDBS Application ID: 1125839
Record Type: Full Service AM
Application Purpose: License to Cover-Amendment
FRN: 0019680586
Community of license: WARRENTON, VA, US
NAD83 Coordinates: 38 43' 52.4" N / 77 46' 41.0" W
Frequency: 1420 kHz
FCC Station Class: D
Public Notice Comments: License to cover. Engineering Amendment filed 03/27/2006 Petition for Reconsideration Filed 03/26/2008 by Group A, Licensee, LLC Opposition Filed 04/10/2008 by Metro Radio, Inc. Petition for Reconsideration denied by letter, DA 10-442, dated March 16, 2010.
Daytime | View Towers
Primary Tower Coordinates: 38 43' 52.4" N / 77 46' 41" W
Power: 22 kW
Directional Antenna: Y
RMS Standard: 1521.63 mV/m at 1km
RMS Standard: 1448.41 mV/m at 1km
Twr Field
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Sw
A
Sw
B
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Height
A0.977.96200NN000045.7m
B1101.905750NN000059.8m
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Show field strength tabulations... Display directional pattern in tabular form.
 
Nighttime | View Towers
Primary Tower Coordinates: 38 43' 52.4" N / 77 46' 41" W
Power: 0.06 kW
Directional Antenna: Y
RMS Standard: 84.63 mV/m at 1km
RMS Standard: 79.97 mV/m at 1km
RMS Augmented: 87 mV/m at 1km
Twr Field
Ratio
Elec.
Ht.
Phas-
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Spac-
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tation
Tower
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Sw
A
Sw
B
Sw
C
Sw
D
Tower
Height
A0.8277.918700NN000045.7m
B1101.805750NN000059.7m
Show field strength tabulations... Display pattern of directional antenna.
Show field strength tabulations... Display directional pattern in tabular form.
 
L2C BL-20060302ADG Superceded 07/12/2006
MLA BP-20030207ACM Granted 01/29/2004
MLA BP-20030207ACM Superceded 01/23/2004
ML BP-20030207ACM Superceded 07/17/2003
L2C BL-20021030ACV Granted 02/06/2003
ML BP-20011220AAK Granted 04/09/2002
L2C BL-19990927ABK Dismissed 03/15/2005
CP BP-19980527AA Granted 09/10/1998
L2C BL-11791 Granted 00/00/0000
CALL SIGN HISTORY
WKCW - 00/00/0000 (CDBS)
PAST ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY FOR LICENSEE
08/31/2021Consent Decree
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APPLICATION HISTORY
Public Notice Details BTC-19800815GQ Transfer of Control Granted
09/15/1980
Transaction log data BR-19810601UM Renewal Granted
10/22/1981
Transaction log data BR-19880531UR Renewal Granted
11/08/1988
Transaction log data BR-19950601WB Renewal Granted
09/22/1995
Public Notice Details BAL-19970407EA Assign License/CP Granted
05/21/1997
Public Notice Details BP-19980527AA Construction Permit Granted
09/10/1998
Public Notice Details BAL-20000405ABL Assign License/CP Granted
05/19/2000
Public Notice Details BP-20011220AAK Modify License Granted
04/09/2002
Public Notice Details BL-20021030ACV License to Cover Granted
02/06/2003
Transaction log data BR-20030530APW Renewal Granted
09/25/2003
Public Notice Details BAL-20031030AHD Assign License/CP Granted
12/12/2003
Public Notice Details BP-20030207ACM Modify License-Amendment Granted
01/29/2004
Public Notice Details BL-19990927ABK License to Cover Dismissed
03/15/2005
  BSTA-20050811ACY Special Temporary Auth.-engineering Granted
09/02/2005
Transaction log data 20060302ADH Program Test Authority Granted
01/25/2007
Public Notice Details BMP-20060511ABV Modify License Granted
12/20/2007
Public Notice Details BL-20060302ADG License to Cover-Amendment Granted
02/20/2008
Public Notice Details BZ-20080502ACH Modification Granted
11/10/2008
  20060302ADN Extension Request Dismissed
02/22/2010
Transaction log data BAL-20100212ABV Assign License/CP-amend Granted
03/30/2010
Transaction log data BR-20110510AAV Renewal Granted
09/27/2011
Transaction log data 0000075070 Renewal-amendment Granted
08/31/2021
Transaction log data 0000274787 Administrative Update Received
07/07/2025
Transaction log data 0000274791 Silent STA Granted
07/09/2025
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IMPORTED LETTERS
FCC Letter on Application000007507008/31/2021
Letter decision on IO/PTD/P4RBL-20060302ADG03/16/2010
Incoming letter or scanned documentBL-20060302ADG03/29/2006
History card 01/01/1980
History card 01/01/1980
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