A few weeks later, on February 11, 2009, KUHI fell silent again. In their filing with the FCC, Big Island Broadcasting asserted that it needed to modify its broadcast transmitter and other transmission equipment but that the transmitter had been built by a foreign company that had since gone out of business. Citing the need for custom fabricated parts, the station believed that it could be back on the air in less than 90 days. The Commission held off on granting the new special temporary authority until July 9, 2009. If the station did not resume broadcasting by February 12, 2010, its license would be subject to automatic forfeiture.
