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FCC Issues $66K Proposed Fine to Alaska Broadcaster
RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, July 19, 2017 |
The FCC has issued a proposed fine for $66,000 against FM radio station licensee Kenai Educational Media in Seward, AK, for numerous apparent violations of FCC rules, including actions that undermine the effectiveness of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). KEM, which operates KIBH-FM, was notified on multiple occasions by the Commission that it had programmed its EAS equipment messages for a station serving a different geographic area than that served by Kenai, was failing to monitor at least two EAS sources and did not keep EAS operation information available to staff as required.
In addition to its apparent EAS violations, the broadcaster also apparently violated a number of broadcast station rules, such as maintaining required records. It also failed to respond to several Commission inquiries. An agent from the Commission's Anchorage field office discovered the violations and issued a notice to KEM. Following numerous such notices and no response from the licensee, the agency is moving forward with issuing the proposed fine.
The proposed fine is formally known as a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, and the broadcaster will have 30 days to respond. The Commission will then review the response and any additional evidence, and may then proceed to issue a final forfeiture.
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