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FCC MB Seeks $3,000 Fines for Late Public File Additions

The FCC Media Bureau proposed $3,000 forfeitures for two stations that violated public file rules, said notices of apparent liability Monday. WBEC-TV Boca Raton, Florida -- owned by the Broward County School Board -- and Nexstar’s WYCW Asheville, North Carolina,…

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apparently failed to timely file their quarterly issues/program lists. WBEC uploaded one list “more than one year late, 6 lists between one month and one year late, and 2 lists between one day and one month late,” its NAL said. WYCW uploaded “four lists more than one year late and three lists between one month and one year late,” its NAL said. Both stations said they will prevent future late filings, and the NALs said their renewal applications will be granted after the enforcement proceedings.