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Texas FM Radio Licensee Enters into Consent Decree for Noncompliance with Online Public Inspection File Rules August 23, 2024

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...

FCC Reduces Fine for Late-Filed Issues/Programs Lists After Missing Licensee’s Responsive Pleading Containing Dispositive Evidence August 23, 2024

According to a recent Memorandum Opinion and Order (the “2024 Order”) issued by the Media Bureau’s Video Division, a Florida television station (the “Station”) has successfully obtained a reduction to...

FCC Penalizes Two Radio Licensees for Violating FCC Rules Governing Station Contests August 23, 2024

Thus far in 2024, the FCC has issued two Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “NALs”) preliminarily determining that several radio licensees apparently violated the FCC’s rules governing station-conducted...

FCC Continues to Use Enhanced PIRATE Act Authority to Target Landowners in Hopes of Flushing Out Pirates July 15, 2024

Last Friday, the FCC leveraged its authority under the PIRATE Act to issue thirteen more Notices of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (the “Notices”) to landowners across the New York metropolitan...

FCC Denies Kentucky AM Station’s Petition for Further Reconsideration, Upholds Cancellation of License July 15, 2024

In a recent Letter Decision (the “2024 Order”), the FCC upheld its prior cancellation of a Kentucky AM station’s (the “Station”) broadcast license. The 2024 Order comes in response to...

FCC Continues to Dole Out Fines and Additional Compliance Obligations for Late-Filed Issues/Programs Lists During Last License Term July 15, 2024

In two recent Orders and accompanying Consent Decrees (Order 1 and Order 2, collectively the “Orders”), the FCC adopted separate agreements with Oregon and Mississippi licensees (the “Licensees”) of noncommercial...

Texas AM Station Instructed to Pay Past-Due Regulatory Fees or Face License Revocation July 1, 2024

Last week, the FCC initiated a proceeding to revoke the license held by a Texas AM station (the “Station”) due to its failure to pay its 2022 annual regulatory fees...

FCC Denies Florida LPFM Station’s Reconsideration Petition, Upholds $25,000 Forfeiture for Several Violations, Including Inadequate Maintenance of EAS Equipment July 1, 2024

Recently, the FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order (the “Order”), in which the Chief of the Enforcement Bureau denied a Florida LPFM station’s (“Station”) Petition for Reconsideration (the “Petition”)...

FCC Proposes $3,250 Fine for NCE TV Translator Licensee’s Late-Filed License to Cover Application and Unauthorized Operation July 1, 2024

In a recent Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “NAL”), the FCC proposed a $3,250 fine against the licensee of a non-commercial educational Texas television translator station (the “Station”)...

LPTV Station Avoids License Cancellation, Instead Draws Proposed $2,500 Fine for Approximately Four Months of Unauthorized Operation with Incorrect Antenna July 1, 2024

After conducting an investigation into whether a Texas low power television station’s (the “Station”) license should be cancelled, the FCC ultimately issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of...