The FCC fined Cumulus Media $44,000 for failing...
The FCC fined Cumulus Media $44,000 for failing to air required sponsorship identification announcements for its WLS(AM) Chicago. The full commission denied the holder’s request to reduce the forfeiture amount to $4,000, said a forfeiture order (http://bit.ly/1ddC8kh), as the FCC…
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“appropriately applied criteria to determine forfeiture.” The commission “considered the nature, circumstances and gravity of the violations in noting that the announcements in question were formatted and presented as news,” it said. “The commission has long held that a downward adjustment is not justified where violators claim their actions or omissions were due to inadvertent employee errors.” Based in Atlanta, Cumulus had no comment.