Full FCC Rejects Appeal From LPTV Broadcaster Who Operated Unlicensed for 18 Years
The full FCC rejected the latest appeal of a Kentucky-based former low-power TV licensee who broadcast without a valid license for 18 years, said an order Thursday. Vearl Pennington failed to renew his licenses in 1998, and didn't file a…
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renewal petition until 2004, failing then to pay the required fee, the order said. After the licenses were canceled and deleted, Pennington continued to broadcast until 2017. Enforcement action in 2019 culminated with commissioners voting to approve a $144,000 fine for Pennington and fellow licensee Michael Williamson (see 1901290041). Pennington failed to show canceling his licenses was in error, the order said. “The only thing extraordinary in this case is the extent to which the licensee neglected his duty to abide by the Commission’s rules,” the agency said. “Pennington appears to have taken no steps in the twelve-year period between submitting the 2004 Renewal Applications and filing the Petition in 2017 to ascertain whether the Stations were operating with a valid authorization.”