Bailey Cable faces $30,000 in possible FCC fines for carrying the...
Bailey Cable faces $30,000 in possible FCC fines for carrying the programming of Baton Rouge, La., stations WGMB-TV and WVLA-TV without permission, said Media Bureau notices of apparent liability released Monday (http://xrl.us/bmyr8i, http://xrl.us/bmyr8k). The cable operator didn’t deny it carried…
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the signals without “express written consent” after Dec. 31, when retransmission consent deals expired between the company and Communications Corp. of America, which owns WGMB, and Knight Broadcasting, for WVLA, the NALs said. “Bailey argues that it faced a ‘dramatic increase’ in requested” retrans fees, and “it receives the signal by antenna rather than satellite or the Internet,” they said. The broadcasters and Bailey each struck retrans deals Feb. 3, “following a telephone conference with Commission staff and the parties,” the notices said.