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FCC Proposes $20,000 Fine for Antenna Violations

The FCC proposed a penalty of $20,000 for Pentecostal Temple Development Corp.'s AM station WGBN for failing to light and repaint antennas as often as required and for failing to notify the FAA of a lighting outage, said a notice…

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of apparent liability issued Friday. “Such structures present a significant public safety risk, especially to passing aircraft,” the NAL said. Pentecostal in Lincoln Borough, Pennsylvania, previously was warned it "must repair the required lights and repaint the Antenna Structures to bring them into compliance with the Commission’s rules” and had said it would do so by May 2016. But an August inspection found the antennas were still out of compliance, the NAL said.