Radio Station Settles for $12,000 Over Breaking Contest, Transfer Rules
A radio station settled with the FCC for $12,000 over allegations it broke agency contest rules and transferred control of the station without authorization, said a consent decree in Monday’s Daily Digest. Sound Ideas WYDK(FM) Eufaula, Alabama, prematurely ended a…
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2016 contest and kept the prizes for its own employee, the consent decree said. When the FCC investigated, the licensee’s response led to the commission uncovering the station’s unauthorized transfer to a new owner, the consent decree said. “The Licensee claimed to have no knowledge about the Contest and claimed to be unable to locate records about the Contest; this professed lack of knowledge about Station operations raised questions about the Licensee’s control over the Station." Sound Ideas must institute a compliance plan and training regimen.