The FCC Media Bureau assessed a $16,000 forfeiture against Opus...
The FCC Media Bureau assessed a $16,000 forfeiture against Opus Broadcasting of Tallahassee, Fla., for public inspection file violations at four radio stations, an order released Wednesday said (http://xrl.us/bnqhxq). A station manager with Opus didn’t immediately respond to our query.…
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The station group had sought to lower the proposed fines, but the bureau declined to do so, the order said. “We reject the Licensee’s argument that its self-reporting of the violations warrants a reduction in the forfeiture.” The violations came to light during the stations’ license renewal process, it said. “The disclosure of violations in this context is not ’self-reporting’ and does not warrant any reduction.” The bureau also rejected several other of Opus’s arguments for lowering the fine, the order said.