Audio Division Initiates License Revocation Proceedings Over Unpaid Regulatory Fees
The FCC Media Bureau Audio Division initiated license revocation proceedings against two radio licensees for failing to pay delinquent regulatory fees, said two orders (here and here) and two letters (here and here) posted Thursday. Shelley Broadcasting of Montgomery, Alabama,…
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has about $10,000 in unpaid fees going back to 2008, while Knoxville, Tennessee's Metropolitan Management owes close to $35,000 dating to 2005. In both cases, the licensees applied for license renewal, had their applications dismissed for unpaid fees by MB staff, and then filed petitions for reconsideration. Shelley Broadcasting said its inability to pay stemmed from a long-standing dispute with the IRS, and Metropolitan said it hadn't received all of the FCC communications on the matter, and economic conditions made it difficult to pay. The division rescinded the license cancellations and provisionally reinstated the renewal application but also initiated the license revocation proceedings.