Sinclair/Tribune Deal Should Be Designated for Hearing, Says Herndon-Reston Indivisible
Sinclair may not meet character qualifications to be a licensee and its proposed buy of Tribune should be designated for a hearing before an administrative law judge, said Herndon-Reston Indivisible in a Dec.18 meeting with Office of General Counsel staff,…
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according to a Dec. 27 ex parte filing in docket 17-179, noted in Wednesday's Daily Digest. The recent $13 million notice of apparent liability and a 2016 $9.5 million consent decree (see 1712210042) constitute “a pattern of lawlessness,” the filing said. Such a hearing is supported by prior FCC precedent, HRI said. Sinclair/Tribune is “unprecedented” and “inimical to the public interest,“ HRI said. Sinclair didn't comment.