Hearing Designation Order Issued to 97.5 Licensee TX, LLC

Issuing agencies

Abstract

In this document the Media Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) commences a hearing in connection with an application filed by 97.5 Licensee TX, LLC, seeking Commission consent to the transfer of control of three broadcast radio stations in El Paso, Texas. By this document, the Commission has designated substantial and material questions of fact for hearing before an administrative law judge, namely: whether the current licensee maintained proper control of the stations; whether the licensee and proposed buyer, a non-U.S. citizen, engaged in an unauthorized transfer of control of the stations; whether the parties engaged in misrepresentation and/or lack of candor before the Commission; and whether the licensee and the proposed buyer have the necessary character qualifications to remain or become, respectively, a Commission licensee.