FCC, KVI-AM/Seattle Enter Into $7000 Concent Decree
| RADIO ONLINE | Friday, May 25, 2012 | 2:27pm CT |
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The FCC and Fisher Broadcasting's Seattle Radio LLC, licensee of KVI-AM/Seattle, have entered into a Consent Decree with the Commission, terminating an investigation by the Enforcement Bureau in connection with a rigged contest that aired on KVI in 2007. Fisher has agreed to make a voluntary contribution to the U.S. Treasury of $7000.
A former promotions coordinator for Fisher allegedly rigged a KVI promotion so her friends would win $1000 cash prizes, while she collected a cut of the winnings. The contest, "Secret Listener Salute," ran from February 6 to March 30, 2007 in which names were announced three times daily to call and win $1000. The job of the promotions coordinator was to select the names at random from one of two databases. She would then give the winning name to the broadcast booth to be announced.
When one of the winners was contacted regarding a W9 tax form in In December, 2008 or January, 2009, the man said he never received his prize. He later told KVI staff the contest was rigged and the former employee would keep part of the winnings.
After reviewing the terms of the Consent Decree and evaluating the facts, the FCC found that the public interest would be served by adopting the Consent Decree and terminating the investigation.
