DRN Application for Review Dismissed
The full FCC dismissed a December application for review (AFR) from Delta Radio Network challenging the Media bureau’s previous dismissal of a facilities modification application, said an order Thursday. It was approved by commissioners as part of the consent agenda…
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for their meeting that day, and removed from the meeting lineup when it was OK'ed beforehand. The facilities modification application was dismissed because DRN’s application had a “red light” status, indicating DRN was delinquent on a debt owed to the FCC. DRN argued the red light designation should have been ignored because the company was in bankruptcy proceedings. The bureau argued DRN’s bankruptcy petition was dismissed and moot. In the AFR, DNR repeated the bankruptcy argument and said the agency should grant waivers of red light status to broadcasters losing money in their operations, the order said. The bureau dismissed the waiver argument as a new legal argument and thus not valid for an AFR, and dismissed the bankruptcy argument as moot again, the order said.