AM Radio Station Agrees to $8,000 Penalty for Unauthorized Transfer
An AM radio broadcaster will pay an $8,000 penalty for buying a radio station and FM translator without FCC approval, said a consent decree and order released Wednesday. BAS Broadcasting will play the penalty for buying WTTF Tiffin, Ohio, and…
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translator W227BJ from Tiffin Broadcasting in 2015. Before the sale, BAS and Tiffin were parties to a local marketing agreement for the stations, the consent decree said. The stations consummated the deal without informing the FCC, and the agency wasn’t told of the transfer until license renewal forms were filed in 2020. “The parties mistakenly believed that the ownership change would be implemented through the process of filing the renewal applications,” the consent decree said. Tiffin and BAS admitted the violation.