Toccoa Falls College in Georgia is seeking reconsideration of the FCC Media...
Toccoa Falls College in Georgia is seeking reconsideration of the FCC Media Bureau’s proposed fine of $10,000 for a public inspection file violation by WTXR(FM). The bureau issued a notice of apparent liability in May (CD May 3 p17). Recent…
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precedent requires the bureau to reduce the forfeiture to $1,000, the college said in its petition (http://xrl.us/bnniaf). The petition identified WWHI(FM), Muncie, Ind., owned by Ball State University, as a station that had a forfeiture reduced to $1,000. The fact that the licensee of WWHI “placed the lists in the public file but could not locate or reconstruct them does not distinguish the Ball State case from the instant matter,” TFC said. The college doesn’t reject the notion that its student-run station “should be required to comply with all FCC rules and policies,” it said. “It is the degree of sanction that is problematic."