Pedro C. Arce, of Arce Media, LLC Owner of WCND AM Shelbyville, KY Unpaid Invoice for radio broadcast transmitter repair services. WCND AM Lexington Kentucky
I was contacted by Pedro C. Arce, owner of WCND AM 940 in Shelbyville, KY. He had an
auxiliary AM broadcast transmitter which needed repairs. He said that his main transmitter was
at the factory, being repaired. He was having trouble finding a radio broadcast engineer with
experience with his 43 year old transmitter. I have experience and documentation for this piece of
broadcast equipment. My brother and I ( also a radio broadcast engineer) had to make two 650 mile
round trips to his transmitter site in Kentucky, to troubleshoot; research and order required parts and
materials; and return and perform the repair work to get his transmitter operational.
As he was a small broadcast operator; we had billed only for parts and supplies; and for mileage
at far below market rates. Also, labor at about 1/3 to 1/4 of going market rates. I provided him
with the total invoice in person as we were getting ready to leave the transmitter site. $ 1175.34.
Pedro Arce, the owner, said he would send a check right away and thanked us for the repair
work. May 1, 2023 is the Invoice date. Many attempts to contact him or has company since that time
have gone unanswered. On September 13, 2023, I sent a Registered Mail Letter to his contact
address from the Federal Communications database, for WCND AM, with a copy of Invoice # 1994.
On October 27, 2023, I received the letter back from the Postal Service:
RETURN TO SENDER UNCLAIMED UNABLE TO FORWARD RETURN TO SENDER.
All phone calls to his cell phone number and or, the studio number; are never returned.
I want to warn others; especially radio broadcast engineers or companies, to not do business with ARCE Media; or Pedro C. Arce; without payment up front.