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Media Bureau Pushes $18,000 Fine for Michigan Radio Station License Problems

The FCC Media Bureau is recommending an $18,000 fine for a Michigan radio station for operating not at its authorized power. In an order Wednesday, it said WBNZ(FM) Frankfort "willfully and repeatedly" operated outside what it was licensed for and…

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willfully failed to file for special temporary authorization. The bureau also dismissed an objection to the station's 2012 license renewal application raised by Far Eastern Telecasters as unsupported and vague and said it will grant the renewal on the conclusion of the enforcement proceeding. WBNZ outside counsel didn't comment.