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Shelley Broadcasting License Revoked Over Unpaid Regulatory Fees

The FCC Media Bureau and Office of Managing Director revoked the license of Shelley Broadcasting (SBC) of Montgomery, Alabama, over close to $10,000 in unpaid fees dating to 2008, said a revocation order released Tuesday. It deleted the call sign…

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of Shelley’s AM WGEA Geneva. Staff gave SBC 60 days in June to pay the fees or show why it couldn’t (see 1906060034). The company said it couldn’t pay due to an IRS tax refund owed to the broadcaster’s owners since 1987, the order said. Evidence about the tax refund doesn’t show why Shelley can’t make good, it said: “SBC has provided no documentary evidence that SBC itself is financially unable to pay.”