Wahl Hearing Terminated
An FCC hearing proceeding on possibly revoking the license of a Pennsylvania broadcaster convicted of attempting to have a woman raped was terminated after he didn’t respond to the agency (see 2110190056), said an order in docket 21-401 from Administrative…
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Law Judge Jane Halprin Wednesday. The termination of the hearing for Roger Wahl, licensee of WQZS(FM) Meyersdale, kicks the matter back to the FCC, which is likely to revoke the license, a broadcast attorney told us. Wahl didn’t file an appearance with the FCC by Monday's required deadline and didn’t petition to have the hearing dismissed, the order said. “Because Mr. Wahl has not filed the required notice of appearance or other permissible pleading, his right to a hearing in this matter is deemed waived,” said the order. Wahl pleaded guilty in July 2020 to the felony crime of criminal use of a communications facility and four misdemeanors involving the incident. He had sought to transfer the station to his daughter Wendy Sipple, which the bureau initially granted and then rescinded in July 2020. Wahl’s application to transfer the station remains pending. Wahl and WQZS didn’t comment.