The FCC ordered an $8,000 forfeiture for Hispanic...
The FCC ordered an $8,000 forfeiture for Hispanic Target Media for KUKY(FM) Wellton, Ariz., for not maintaining and making available the station’s public inspection file at its main studio, said an Enforcement Bureau order (http://bit.ly/1is34ex). The amount was reduced from…
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$10,000 because the station had been maintaining a public inspection file, but keeping it at the local public library. When bureau officials asked for the file at the station, they weren’t directed to the library because of a language barrier, the order said. The bureau also ordered an $8,000 fine over a public inspection file for HK Media, in connection with KFOX(FM) Torrance, Calif. KFOX’s inspection file was destroyed by water damage and not replaced until after bureau inspectors asked for it four months later, the order said (http://bit.ly/17v6Q5J). It also fined J.M.J. Radio $1,500 for its WQOR(AM) Olyphant, Pa., for failing to maintain a management presence at its main studio, an order said (http://bit.ly/1gagvTQ). It said bureau officials on two separate inspections found the station’s main studio locked with no staff present, and were told that the studio doesn’t have any designated personnel. Originally set at $10,000, the fine was reduced because of J.M.J’s inability to pay, the order said.