MB Settles With Christian Family Media on Political Ad File Issue
FCC staff settled with another radio licensee over political file issues (see 2008050046). Christian Family Media Ministries' renewal applications for three Kentucky stations didn't certify such compliance, and Media Bureau Audio Division employees found problems, said a bureau order and…
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consent decree Friday. Christian Family Media agreed to "implement a comprehensive compliance" that includes reporting to the bureau, and the regulator will continue processing its renewal requests, the document said. The "pandemic has caused a dramatic reduction in advertising revenues which, in turn, has placed the radio broadcast industry, including the Company, under significant financial stress," it said. "The Company’s disclosures in its license renewal applications combined with the exceptional circumstances brought about by the pandemic present a unique situation."