Federal Communications Commission FCC 16-45
CONCURRING STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONERMIGNON L. CLYBURN
Re: La Casa Dominicana de Hazleton, Inc., Application for New LPFM Station at Hazleton, 
Pennsylvania, File No.: BNPL-20131114BBX, Facility ID No. 195125.
In voting to concur with this Order which upholds the Media Bureau’s dismissal of La Casa 
Dominicana de Hazleton, Inc.’s application, I do not dispute the fact that the company failed to follow 
Commission rules when it underwent a major change of control. At the same time, I am sympathetic to 
the internal challenges facing the organization made evident in its August 2015 amended application, 
where only three of the fourteen directors had a prior history of being party to the original application.   
I am also cognizant of the Commission’s goal in establishing LPFM radio service as a way to 
serve local and/or underrepresented groups within communities, without some of the financial 
commitments that exist when establishing a full-power station. With this in mind, La Casa’s application 
for a new LPFM station represented an opportunity to enhance viewpoint diversity that is so desperately 
needed in our country.
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