Shutdown
On July 22, 2002, the Federal Communications Commission's New Orleans Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) against the station's licensee, Metro Birch Enterprises, Inc., a license-holding subsidiary of Metro Media Group Inc. of Pine Bluff. The NAL states that "The agent observed that the station's antenna tower, which had radio frequency potential at the base, was not enclosed inside a fence or other protective enclosure. Additionally, the station's public inspection file consisted of only a few letters from the public."
On January 28, 2003, the station was fined $17,000 "for wilfully violating Sections 73.49 and 73.3526(a)(2) of the Rules."
KPBA was deleted from the FCC database on June 24, 2005.
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