Headlines:
- FCC Increases Fine to $25,000 for Broadcaster's
Violations Related to Time Brokerage Agreement
- Upward Adjustment in EAS Portion of Multiple Violation Fine
Results in Total Forfeiture of $25,000
- Noncommercial Broadcaster Fined $7000 for Late-Filed
License Renewal Application
FCC Fines Florida Broadcaster $25,000 for Repeated Failure to
Maintain Full-Time Personnel and Make Available a Complete Public
Inspection File at Brokered Station
In September 2009, following a complaint, agents from the
Enforcement Bureau's Tampa Field Office conducted an inspection
of a Florida AM station. According to the Notice of Apparent
Liability ("NAL") issued by the FCC, the AM broadcaster
failed, for the second time within three years, to maintain the
required number of full-time employees at its main studio in
violation of Section 73.1125(a) of the FCC's Rules, and to
maintain a complete public inspection file, which violates Section
73.3526 of the FCC's Rules.
