The FCC proposed a $20,000 fine for GCI...
The FCC proposed a $20,000 fine for GCI Communication for multiple, “willful” violations of the commission’s lighting rules for antennas at GCI’s Fairbanks, Alaska, antenna structure, said an Enforcement Bureau notice of apparent liability released Wednesday (http://bit.ly/15Rxt5W). On two days…
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in September 2012, a bureau agent noticed the antenna wasn’t lit during the day and that GCI had not informed the Federal Aviation Administration of the outage, said the NAL. GCI also hadn’t installed an alarm system to provide notice of a lighting failure, the NAL said. GCI acknowledged the violation and determined that the light outage was caused by a failing capacitor on a control board, said the NAL. Meanwhile, Word of Life Ministries asked the Media Bureau to reduce a proposed $12,000 fine for low-power TV station KADO Shreveport, La.’s failure to file timely kids’ programming reports, said a filing released Tuesday. Although it doesn’t dispute the violation, Word of Life said the proposed fine is higher than comparable ones issued around the same time, and that the high fine would be a severe burden since it’s a “not for profit entity” and KADO has “no revenues.” Word of Life also asked for an extension to pay the fine.