Media Bureau Proposes $6,000 Fine for LPFM
The FCC Media Bureau proposed a $6,000 fine for Malibu low-power licensee Zuma Beach FM Emergency and Community Broadcasters but rejected a petition of reconsideration filed against its grant of a permit to modify Zuma’s facilities, said an order and…
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notice of apparent liability in Tuesday’s Daily Digest. The proposed forfeiture is based on Zuma’s broadcasting on an incorrect frequency while it was building new facilities. “Zuma operated for about a month with power levels and on a channel that were specified in its construction permit but not in its existing license,” the NAL said. Zuma operated at incorrect power levels during a wildfire emergency, and not at the request of public safety officials, the NAL said. Nearby radio licensee Future Roots argued the bureau incorrectly granted Zuma’s construction permit, but the bureau disagreed. Zuma didn’t comment.