A TV station in Ventura, Calif., asked for a waiver...
A TV station in Ventura, Calif., asked for a waiver of the FCC’s CALM Act rules limiting commercial loudness. KJLA-TV said it needs a one-year delay to come into compliance with the rules because it would cost too much to…
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implement them. The station submitted an equipment cost estimate of $44,000 and said it can’t afford it on annual station revenue of less than $14 million, which is the threshold under the Small Business Act for qualifying as a small business. “The acquisition of this equipment constitutes a financial hardship given the annual gross revenues and expenses associated with operation of the Station,” it said (http://xrl.us/bnpr8t). “A one-year delay in KJLA having to acquire this equipment represents a meaningful limitation on the financial hardship that the CALM Act imposes on the Station,” it said.