Enforcement Bureau and Petitioner Want EMT Hearing Terminated
The FCC Enforcement Bureau and petitioner Mark Kern want Administrative Law Judge Jane Halprin to dismiss Entertainment Media Trust’s case (see 2002050015) and take away EMT’s radio licenses over the company's failure to participate in its own license hearing, said…
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Kern and the EB in a joint filing posted Friday. EMT missed a Feb. 10 deadline set by Halprin to show cause for the case to continue. “EMT filed no response to this Order,” said the joint filing. “There can be no dispute that dismissal of EMT’s applications and termination of the hearing is warranted.” Failing to terminate the hearing would encourage further delay tactics similar to EMT’s, the joint filing said. “The integrity of the Commission’s licensing process (and the role that administrative hearings necessarily play therein) demands greater accountability.” EMT trustee Dennis Watkins didn’t comment.