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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 10 to April 14, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The licensee had pled guilty to five crimes, consisting of one felony (criminal use of a communications facility) and four related misdemeanors, but received probation instead of a prison sentence. For similar reasons, the Bureau also proposed to fine an Oregon LPTV station $1,500 for failing to file a timely license renewal application.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 7, 2022 to May 13, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

Following a “paper hearing” designed to speed FCC decisions when cases require fact finding by an FCC administrative law judge, a judge found that a convicted felon’s crimes were not serious enough to warrant his company’s losing its radio licenses.