[HATS] FROM ARNewsline dated 4/20/2001

[Christopher (Chris) W. Boone]

Excerpt below from ARNewsline dated 4/20/2001 (all rights reserved)
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ENFORCEMENT:  TEXAS LICENSE CHALLENGE DENIED

The FCC has denied a request from a Dallas area ham that asked the 
agency to reconsider its renewal of another Dallas area radio 
amateur's license.  

Tom Blackwell, N5GAR, had asked the agency to re-evaluate it's March 
10th 2000 renewal of the Extra license of Chris Hudgins, N5IUF.  Now, a 
year later, D'Wana Terry who is Chief of the FCC's Public Safety and 
Private Wireless Division issues an order which says --  among other 
things -- that Blackwell had not demonstrated that the renewal of 
Hudgins Amateur license had caused him a direct injury. It also 
noted that allegations involving N5IUF's former employer in an 
earlier broadcast related proceeding had no bearing on the renewal of 
Hudgins Amateur Service Extra license.

What impact the dismissal of Blackwell's challenge to Hudgins license 
will have on possible other contested renewals is unknown.  Nor is it 
known if Blackwell will appeal this decision to the full Commission.  
Meantime in a letter to various ham radio media outlets Hudgins is 
calling for Blackwell's removal as ARRL North Texas State Government 
Liaison.
Excerpt above Copyrighted ARNewsline 2001, ALL rights reserved
 
Total info on this is available on the FCC Web site in Word Doc at: 
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov:8835/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-01-917A1.doc


Additional notes NOT from Newsline:
The FCC also noted in the report that no legal action ever taken against 
Hudgins for his alleged actions. Also, a bit of history on the broadcast 
question which involved KEGL FM in Dallas who Hudgins had worked for; 
that proceeding held up the largest radio broadcast sale in 1997 until
August 1998 when Nationwide Communications, owned by Nationwide Insurance,
was selling its chain of stations (some owned for 50yrs) to Jacor Comm., 
now wholly owned by Clear Channel Broadcasting. KEGL was being leased by NCI
from the radio division of Sandusky Newspapers under a LMA-to-buy 
agreement..The sale of all the NCI stations was valued at $350+million..
it is also reported this same person has filed lawsuits against the SBE..
twice now since the original is under appeal and has also called for 
the honorable Chris Imlay, N3AKD, to be removed as General Legal Counsel 
of the ARRL because he also serves the same capacity for the SBE...this is 
all a matter of public record in the courts.
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