The FCC ordered a $9,000 forfeiture for Texas...
The FCC ordered a $9,000 forfeiture for Texas Soaring Association (TSA) over its Midlothian, Texas, aeronautical and fixed aviation support station KSC8, which failed to file a timely renewal application and was operated without FCC authority for five years between…
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2003 and 2008, said a forfeiture order Friday (http://bit.ly/1c9sU6O). Although TSA asked the commission to reduce the forfeiture because KSC8 was used infrequently and the failure to renew was an oversight, the commission rejected those arguments and ordered the full $9,000 fine originally proposed, the order said. The commission also rejected a request for a forfeiture reduction from Augusta, Ga., station WAGT-TV, which was assessed and paid in full a $10,000 fine for violations of children’s TV filing requirements, the order said. WAGT-TV’s request for a reduction was denied because it came after the 30-day period for a response to a notice of apparent liability ended, the order said (http://bit.ly/1e0w9eS). The FCC also proposed a total of $23,000 in fines for other TV stations missing deadlines to file children’s programming reports. Media Bureau notices of apparent liability in the cases were released Friday. Price Media faces a proposed $3,000 penalty because KWBJ-CD Morgan City, La., missed filing deadlines and didn’t include the violations in its license renewal application (http://bit.ly/19mX477). Korean American TV Broadcasting faces a proposed $20,000 fine for failing to file the station’s quarterly program list for 15 quarters and failing to file kids’ programming reports for 20 quarters, the order said (http://bit.ly/169V6DW).