ALJ to Decide Fate of Broadcast Licenses Held by Imprisoned Politician
An administrative law judge will decide whether imprisoned radio chain owner Michael Hubbard and his Auburn Network should keep their FCC broadcast authorizations, the Media Bureau said in a hearing designation order Thursday. Noting Hubbard's felony convictions under Alabama's Ethics…
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Act, the bureau said there are "substantial and material questions [whether he and Auburn] possess the basic character qualifications to hold Commission authorizations." Hubbard is serving a four-year sentence for corrupt acts while he was speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, it said. A pending application to assign Auburn authorizations to Frank Lee Perryman, "a Commission licensee with no known qualifications issues," will be held in abeyance pending the proceeding's resolution, it said.