Media Bureau Proposes $7,000 and $8,000 Penalties in Radio License Renewals
The FCC Media Bureau’s Audio Division proposed an $8,000 penalty for a station that operated multiple times from locations where it wasn’t licensed, said a notice of apparent liability released Wednesday. The NAL is included in an order saying the…
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Media Bureau will grant KSAG(FM), Pearsall, Texas, renewal if there are no other issues, and denying an informal objection from Alpha Media. KSAG licensee Wendolynn Tellez repeatedly relocated the station without approval from the FCC, and didn’t build new facilities at a location she did receive FCC permission for, the NAL said. Alpha Media’s objection involved a clause in Tellez’s permit that barred Alpha Media from doing program tests at its own new facilities until KSAG started testing at its new location, but the bureau said Wednesday that Alpha doesn’t have to wait for KSAG to begin construction. The bureau also issued an NAL for $7,000 to Chisholm Trail Communications for failing to timely file a license renewal application for its KOME-FM, Meridian, Texas, and for operating after its license expired. Chisholm told the bureau it didn’t realize its license had expired, the NAL said.