The FCC denied an application for review and...
The FCC denied an application for review and found Ely Radio liable for an $11,000 fine for violations concerning an antenna structure in Winnemucca, Nev. As former owner of antenna structure number 1005854, Ely Radio in Minnesota failed to ensure…
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the structure “exhibited the required obstruction lighting” and failed to make sure its registration with the commission was appropriately updated “to reflect a change in ownership,” the commission said in an order (http://bit.ly/15XWxGN). The Enforcement Bureau reasonably determined that Ely was the antenna structure owner and, therefore, “was responsible for the violations at issue here,” it said. The commission also affirmed the Enforcement Bureau’s decision to deny Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting’s petition for reconsideration of a $17,500 forfeiture. Mt. Rushmore, of Casper, Wyo., failed to ensure the operational readiness of the emergency alert system equipment for two of its radio stations, didn’t maintain a complete public inspection file for those stations and failed to operate an aural studio-transmitter-link from its licensed location, the FCC said in an order (http://bit.ly/14lQiww).