Retailer Faces $1.2 Million Fine for Repeat Mic Violation
For marketing 33 wireless microphones that didn't receive FCC authorization, Sound Around is facing a possible $1.2 million penalty, the Enforcement Bureau said Friday. The action follows a 2022 fine of $685,338 for marketing 32 models of wireless mics that…
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failed to comply with the agency’s equipment marketing rules (see 2208010065). Pointing to that and to the Brooklyn company -- which operates as Pyle Audio -- as providing incomplete responses to bureau inquiries during the commission investigation, "we propose a significant fine," the FCC said. Pyle didn't comment.