Fines Proposed for Late Renewal Applications
The FCC Media Bureau proposed a $7,000 forfeiture for DiPonti Communications for failing to file a timely renewal application for translator W276DF Westerly, Rhode Island, and operating the station after the license expired, said an order and notice of apparent…
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liability released Tuesday. The station’s renewal application was due in July 2017 but wasn’t filed until September 2020. DiPonti blamed the station having a shortened renewal period. The bureau also proposed a $3,000 fine for Guillermo Garza for KWMC(AM) Del Rio, Texas' late renewal application, which was due in April and filed in May. The bureau proposed a $1,500 forfeiture for Total Praise Channel over the late renewal application of translator W43DL-D, Montgomery, Alabama, and the same amount for the same violation for Holy Spirit Oil Filled Ministry for low-power FM KERC-LP Kermit, Texas. MB ordered that each of the station renewal applications be granted after their forfeiture proceedings.