North Carolina AM Reaches $8,000 Settlement Over Multiple Unauthorized Transfers
The owner of a North Carolina AM station agreed to an $8,000 settlement with the FCC over multiple unauthorized license transfers and a failure to file biennial ownership reports, said a consent decree in Wednesday’s Daily Digest. Attributable percentages of…
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shares in WAGY Forest City were transferred without FCC permission multiple times among several people between 1989 and 2004, ending with station control willed to Marjorie Huskey by her husband. The station also didn’t file biennial ownership reports 1999-2015, the consent decree said. The violations came to light in April when Huskey, now in her 80s, realized the transfers were unauthorized and contacted the agency. “The individuals involved are now elderly, deceased, or no longer shareholders,” the consent decree said.