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Online Public File Delinquency Could Have Consequences, Says Oxenford

If the FCC has to activate broadcasters' online public files not yet activated despite March's deadline to do so, there could be consequences during license renewals in 2019, blogged Wilkinson Barker broadcast attorney David Oxenford Tuesday. The Media Bureau said…

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it will turn on unused public files Nov.15 (see 1811050028). “With license renewals for radio starting in June 2019, a review of the online public file will likely be part of the FCC’s review of the renewal application,” Oxenford said. Incomplete or unactivated files “will likely lead to FCC fines,” he said. The agency can find noncompliant broadcasters “from the comfort of their own computer, any time of any day,” Oxenford said.