Wahl Status Conference Canceled; ALJ Says Time 'Wasted'
A Thursday status conference on the license of a broadcaster convicted of attempting to have a woman raped (see 2112100056) was canceled after Roger Wahl, licensee of WQZS(FM) Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, said he couldn’t attend due to a medical procedure. Wahl…
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said in a Monday filing that he was to have major surgery Wednesday and then would be in medical facilities recovering and undergoing physical therapy. He didn't comment. “Dates and deadlines established throughout this proceeding are not suggestions,” wrote FCC Administrative Law Judge Jane Halprin in an order posted Wednesday. Wahl received notice over a month before and didn’t submit anything saying he couldn’t attend before this week, and didn’t initially respond to attempts to contact him, Halprin said. “He has wasted the time of the Presiding Judge and her staff, the Enforcement Bureau, and the court reporting service that was engaged to prepare a transcript of the conference.” Parties that ignore court deadlines are “in significant danger of being held in default,” Halprin said: “A decision regarding the ongoing consideration of this hearing proceeding will be issued" later.