Wahl Status Conference Set for Jan. 13

A status conference is Jan. 13 on the license of a Pennsylvania broadcaster convicted of attempting to have a woman raped, said an order Friday. The license revocation hearing proceeding on Roger Wahl, licensee of WQZS(FM) Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, had been terminated due to a lack of response from Wahl (see 2112020025). That termination was rescinded after FCC Administrative Law Judge Jane Halprin learned Wahl had attempted to respond by the deadline. Halprin also ruled that Wahl’s daughter, Wendy Sipple, can’t file as an intervenor. Wahl originally sought to transfer the station to Sipple, which the bureau initially granted and then rescinded in July 2020. Licenses can’t be transferred until questions about the existing licensee’s qualifications are resolved, Halprin wrote. “It does not follow that being a party to the assignment application, by itself, makes Ms. Sipple a party in interest to this revocation proceeding.” Wahl and WQZS didn’t comment.