Media General Agrees to $700,000 Settlement Over Injunction Against Gray
Media General agreed to a $700,000 settlement with the FCC Media Bureau over the company's attempts to block Gray Television from selling the spectrum of WAGT Augusta in the incentive auction (see 1604070070), said a consent decree released Wednesday. Media…
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General sought an injunction in Georgia state courts barring Gray from dissolving a joint services agreement for WAGT as part of Gray’s purchase of Schurz stations. The FCC and DOJ said Media General’s request for an injunction was illegal. Media General later filed a complaint that omitted the injunction request, according to the consent decree.