All Entercom Sacramento Stations Should Be Included in HDO Proceeding, Says Media Action Center
All Entercom stations in the company’s Sacramento cluster should be included in the license renewal proceeding of Entercom’s KDND(FM), said the Media Action Center, which is disputing the station’s renewal over an on-air contest that led to the death of…
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a 28-year-old mother (see 1612290039). “The foolish on-air contest stunt that resulted in the negligent homicide death of Jennifer Lea Strange flowed from an abandonment of oversight and responsibility, not by KDND staff, but by a completely intertwined, interconnected and mutually organized and managed entity known as Entercom Sacramento License," said the group in a petition to enlarge issues filed in FCC docket 16-357 Monday. The petition also asks the FCC to consider the matter of Entercom’s character in the hearing, an argument the agency previously rejected, the filing said. “A character issue against Entercom Sacramento is warranted based on overwhelming evidence, and may be the only way to convince the regulatee that compliance is a necessary part of doing business as a licensed enterprise." The center said the company violated reporting rules by failing to disclose the terms of a settlement with the victim’s family. Entercom Sacramento “should be required to disclose all the terms of the settlement and submit the showings required by rule,” said the group, which says it seeks to hold broadcasters accountable for their public-interest obligations. “A reporting violation issue is needed.” Entercom didn't comment.