The FCC Media Bureau dismissed in part and...
The FCC Media Bureau dismissed in part and denied in part an application for review by Beach TV, formerly The Atlanta Channel, concerning its Class A station WTHC Atlanta. The Atlanta Channel filed the review application after the bureau dismissed…
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the station’s statement of eligibility for Class A TV status, the bureau said in an order (http://bit.ly/1ndgy6e). The petition repeats arguments the FCC already has considered and relies on new arguments “that either could have been raised earlier or fail to establish any material error or omission in the order on review,” the bureau said. The channel’s statement included no certifications on whether WTHC met any of the Class A programming and operational qualification requirements, and “no explanation as to how it was eligible for Class A status under the alternative public interest standard,” it said. The bureau rejected the channel’s claims, including that failure to grant Class A eligibility would result in an “impermissible taking” and that the FCC improperly relied on the finding that the station wasn’t continuously in compliance with the rules applicable to full-power stations.