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July 2019
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(REFERENCE COPY - Not for submission)Noncommercial Broadcast Stations Biennial Ownership Report (FCC Form 323-E)

File Number:
0000174338
Submit Date:
2021-11-30
FRN:
0001757483
Purpose:
Noncommercial Broadcast Stations Biennial Ownership Report
Status:
Received
Status Date:
11/30/2021
Filing Status:
Active

Section I - General Information

1. Respondent

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FRN Entity Name

0001757483

East Tennessee State University

Street Address City (and Country if non U.S. address) State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) Zip Code Phone Email

PO Box 70630

Johnson City

TN

37614

+1 (423) 439-6440

winklerw@etsu.edu

2. Contact Representative

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Name Organization

David G. O'Neil, Esq.

Rini O'Neil, PC

Street Address City (and Country if non U.S. address) State Zip Code Phone Email

2101 L Street, NW

Suite 300

Washington

DC

20037

+1 (202) 955-3931

doneil@rinioneil.com

3. Application Filing Fee

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Not Applicable

4. Control of Respondent

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(a) Provide the following information about the Respondent:

Relationship to stations/permits

Licensee

Is the Respondent's governing board (or other governing entity) directly or indirectly under the control of another entity?

No

(b) Provide the following information about this report:
Purpose Biennial
"As of" date 10/01/2021

When filing a biennial ownership report or validating and resubmitting a prior biennial ownership report, this date must be Oct. 1 of the year in which this report is filed.

5. Licensee(s) and Station(s)

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Respondent is filing this report to cover the following Licensee(s) and station(s):
Licensee/Permittee Name FRN
East Tennessee State University 0001757483
Fac. ID No. Call Sign City State Service
18253 WETS-FM JOHNSON CITY TN FM

Section II – Biennial Ownership Information

1. 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3613 Documents

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Licensee Respondents that hold authorizations for one or more full power television, AM, and/or FM stations should list all contracts and other instruments set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3613(a) through (c) for the facility or facilities listed on this report. If the agreement is a network affiliation agreement, check the appropriate box. Otherwise, select “Other.” Non-Licensee Respondents should select “Not Applicable” in response to this question.


Document Information
Description of contract or instrument Bylaws
Parties to contract or instrument State of Tennessee
Date of execution 03/2017
Date of expiration No expiration date
Agreement type
(check all that apply)
Other

Agreement Type: Organizational Document

Document Information
Description of contract or instrument Public Chapter 869
Parties to contract or instrument State of Tennessee
Date of execution 07/2016
Date of expiration No expiration date
Agreement type
(check all that apply)
Other

Agreement Type: Organizational Document

2. Ownership Interests

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(a) Ownership Interests. This Question requires Respondents to enter detailed information about ownership interests by generating a series of subforms. Answer each question on each subform. The first subform listing should be for the Respondent itself. If the Respondent is not a natural person, also list each of the officers, members of the governing board (or other governing entity), stockholders, and any other persons or entities with a direct attributable interest in the Respondent pursuant to the standards set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555. (A “direct” interest is one that is not held through any intervening companies or entities.) List each interest holder with a direct attributable interest in the Respondent separately.


Leave the percentage of total assets (Equity Debt Plus) field blank for an interest holder unless that interest holder has an attributable interest in the Respondent solely on the basis of the Commission’s Equity Debt Plus attribution standard, 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555, Note 2(i).


In the case of vertical or indirect ownership structures, list only those interests in the Respondent that also represent an attributable interest in the Licensee(s) for which the report is being submitted.


Entities that are part of an organizational structure that includes holding companies or other forms of indirect ownership must file separate ownership reports. In such a structure do not report, or file a separate report for, any interest holder that does not have an attributable interest in the Licensee(s) for which the report is being submitted.


Please see the Instructions for further detail concerning interests that must be reported in response to this question.


The Respondent must provide an FCC Registration Number for each interest holder reported in response to this question. Please see the Instructions for detailed information and guidance concerning this requirement.


Ownership Information
FRN 0001757483
Entity Name East Tennessee State University
Address PO Box 70630
Street 1
Street 2
City Johnson City
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37614
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Respondent

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Respondent
Tribal Nation or Tribal Entity

Interest holder is not a Tribal nation or Tribal entity

Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 0.0%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990125606
Name Janet Ayers
Address PO Box
Street 1 415 Church Street
Street 2 Suite 3002
City Nashville
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37219
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation President, Ayers Foundation
By Whom Appointed or Elected Governor
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Female

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.1%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990125607
Name Steven DeCarlo
Address PO Box
Street 1 22 Sharon Lane
Street 2
City Charlotte
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) NC
Zip/Postal Code 28211
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Other - Vice Chairperson, Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation CEO AmWINS Group, Inc.
By Whom Appointed or Elected Governor
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Male

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.1%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990125609
Name Dorothy Grisham
Address PO Box
Street 1 1510 Bunker Hill Drive
Street 2
City Chattanooga
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37421
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation Insurance Agent
By Whom Appointed or Elected Governor
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Female

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race Black or African American
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.1%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990125610
Name Dr. Linda Latimer
Address PO Box
Street 1 343 Buttermilk Road
Street 2
City Gray
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37615
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Other - Chairperson, Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation Retired Physician
By Whom Appointed or Elected Governor
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Female

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.1%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990125613
Name Ron Ramsey
Address PO Box
Street 1 500 Dunlap Road
Street 2
City Blountville
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37617
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation Owner, Ron Ramsey and Associates
By Whom Appointed or Elected Governor
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Male

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.1%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990140505
Name Virginia Foley
Address PO Box
Street 1 819 W. Maple Street
Street 2
City Johnson City
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37604
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation Faculty
By Whom Appointed or Elected ETSU Faculty Senate
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Female

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.1%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990140506
Name Kelly Wolfe
Address PO Box
Street 1 156 Vines Drive
Street 2
City Jonesborough
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37659
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation Owner, Wolfe Development
By Whom Appointed or Elected Governor
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Male

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.1%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990147807
Name Charles E. Allen, Jr.
Address PO Box
Street 1 307 Huntington Way
Street 2
City Johnson City
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37604
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation President, Charles E. Allen Co., Inc.
By Whom Appointed or Elected Governor
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Male

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.0%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990147809
Name Melissa Steagall- Jones
Address PO Box
Street 1 150 Durham Road
Street 2
City Johnson City
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37615
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Member of Governing Board (or other governing entity)
Principal Profession or Occupation Accountant
By Whom Appointed or Elected Governor
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Female

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 11.1%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

Ownership Information
FRN 9990147811
Name Kara Gilliam
Address PO Box
Street 1 1185 West Mountain View Road
Street 2 Apartment #1417
City Johnson City
State ("NA" if non-U.S. address) TN
Zip/Postal Code 37604
Country (if non-U.S. address) United States
Listing Type

Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests
(check all that apply)

Other - Student Representative
Principal Profession or Occupation Student
By Whom Appointed or Elected ETSU Student Government Association
Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race Information (Natural Persons Only)
Citizenship US
Gender

Female

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race White
Interest Percentages
(enter percentage values from 0.0 to 100.0)
Voting 0.0%
Equity 0.0%
Total assets (Equity Debt Plus) 0.0%
Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

No

(b) Respondent certifies that any interests, including equity, financial, or voting interests, not reported in this filing are non-attributable.
If "No," submit as an exhibit an explanation.

Yes

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(c) Is Respondent seeking an attribution exemption for any officer or director with duties wholly unrelated to the Licensee(s)?

If "Yes," complete the information in the required fields and submit an Exhibit fully describing that individual’s duties and responsibilities, and explaining why that individual should not be attributed an interest.

No

3. Organizational Chart (Licensees Only)

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Attach a flowchart or similar document showing the Licensee’s vertical ownership structure including the Licensee and all entities that have attributable interests in the Licensee. Licensees with a single parent entity may provide a brief explanatory textual Exhibit in lieu of a flowchart or similar document. Licensees without parent entities should so indicate in a textual Exhibit.


Non-Licensee Respondents should select “N/A” in response to this question.


The licensee is governed by a Board of Trustees, who are included in this report. Accordingly, there is no need to submit a flow chart or similar document.


Section III - Certification

Certification

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Section Question Response
Authorized Party to Sign

WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND/OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 18, SECTION 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION LICENSE --OR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 503).

Certification I certify that I have examined this report and that to the best of my knowledge and belief, all statements in this report are true, correct and complete.

Official Title: Chief of Staff and Secretary

Exact Legal Title or Name of Respondent: East Tennessee State University

Name: Dr Adam S. Green

Phone: 4234394211


11/30/2021