Bulletin Categories: Enforcement Actions

Although a meaningful amount of time has now passed since the last radio and television station license renewal deadlines (which fell in 2022 and 2023, respectively), penalties continue to roll...

In two recently released Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “NALs”), the FCC proposed $3,000 fines against the licensees of Georgia and Texas radio stations (the “Licensees”), respectively, for...

A Pennsylvania low power FM station (the “Station”) recently found itself in receipt of an FCC Notice of Violation (the “NOV”) for allegedly broadcasting from an unauthorized location. According to...

By recent Letter Request (the “Letter”), the FCC’s Audio Division has asked the licensee of an Alabama AM station (the “Station”) for more evidence to support the Station’s application to...

By two recent Orders (the “First Order” and the “Second Order”), the Media Bureau’s Audio Division (the “Bureau”) entered into consent decrees with several radio station licensees to resolve issues...

By recent Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “Order”) the FCC’s Video Division simultaneously: (1) reinstated an expired displacement construction permit for an Idaho...

In a recent Forfeiture Order (the “Order”), the FCC on a 3-2 party-line vote issued fines totaling $3,334,000 against more than 100 stations (each a “Station”) across the country—including several...

In a recent Forfeiture Order (the “Order”), the FCC fined the operator of a New York pirate radio station (the “Pirate Station”) $2,316,034 for “the longstanding illicit operation of an...

Two licensees of FM Translator Stations (each a “Translator”), in Tennessee and Mississippi, respectively, are facing FCC monetary fines for failing to timely file license renewal applications and for continuing...

Recently, the FCC issued an Order and Consent Decree (the “Decree”) to a Texas FM radio Licensee (the “Licensee”) for its failure to comply with the FCC’s online public inspection...