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Media Bureau Threatens to Revoke License Over Nearly $70,000 in Unpaid Regulatory Fees

The FCC Media Bureau initiated a proceeding to revoke the license of Cortaro Broadcasting’s KCKY(AM) Coolidge, Arizona, over almost $70,000 in unpaid delinquent regulatory fees, said an order to pay or show cause released Wednesday. The delinquent fees are from…

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FY 2008 and 2011-15, and Cortaro hasn’t responded to repeated requests from the FCC, it said. The bills were sent to the Treasury Department for collection, and Cortaro has 60 days to show the fees are paid or it could lose the license. The Media Bureau deleted KCKY's license and call letters over the unpaid fees, but restored them in response to a petition for reconsideration by Cortaro, said an order on reconsideration also released Wednesday. The deletion was premature, the bureau ruled, though it affirmed staff rejection of Cortaro's renewal petition. “The Commission considers outstanding debts owed to the United States Government, in any amount, to be a serious matter," the order said.