Media Bureau Signs $10,000 Indecency Settlement With WSKQ, PTC Pleased
A New York City radio station agreed to a $10,000 settlement with the FCC Media Bureau over indecency violations, said a consent decree released Wednesday. The allegations against WSKQ(FM) involve Spanish phrases the station argued were mistranslated. “To resolve the…
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matter without further expenditure of scarce resources, the Bureau and Licensee have negotiated this Consent Decree to provide for Licensee to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000 and for the Bureau to terminate its Investigation,” said the order. The Parents Television Council praised the settlement, in a release. “We are heartened that the FCC under its new chairman, Ajit Pai, has moved so quickly to establish its commitment to enforcing the broadcast indecency law,” PTC said. “While we would have preferred to have the FCC adjudicate this case on its merits, clearly the enforcement bureau deemed the complaint worthy of action,” said PTC President Tim Winter.