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The Limits on FCC Leniency on Fines for Noncommercial Broadcast Stations

Broadcast Law Blog

In a decision released last Friday , the FCC made clear how far it is willing to go in extending to noncommercial stations leniency for fines for violations of its rules. As we have written before , the FCC changed its policy in a case in which we were involved so as to mitigate harsh penalties for first-time paperwork violations when those violations were by student-run college radio stations.

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