Email on WQZS Ownership Could Lead to Expanded Proceeding, Halprin Says
An email from a person claiming ownership interest in WQZS(FM) Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, to FCC Administrative Law Judge Jane Halprin could be a basis for additional allegations against licensee Roger Wahl (see 2112100056), Halprin said in an order in docket 21-401…
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Monday. The hearing proceeding over Wahl’s license could be “enlarged” if “further investigation indicates that Mr. Wahl has misrepresented the ownership status of WQZS to the Commission,” the order said. Halprin treated the email, from Julie Barth, as a petition to intervene in the case, which she denied. “Ms. Barth’s primary aim is to inform the Presiding Judge of her alleged ownership interest, with the ultimate goal of receiving proportional compensation if the station is sold,” the order said. Barth’s information doesn’t bear on whether Wahl’s criminal convictions render him unfit to be a licensee and “it is not within the authority of the Presiding Judge to address the validity of her financial claims against Mr. Wahl,” the order said.