Nexstar Says Hawaiian Telecom Retrans Review Application Is Meritless
Hawaiian Telecom's application for review of an FCC Media Bureau $720,000 notice of apparent liability issued against Nexstar (see 2403080072) is part of HT's "continuing crusade" to punish it and other broadcasters for not extending expiring retransmission consent agreements, Nexstar…
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said Monday. In a docket 23-228 opposition to HT's review application, Nexstar said the liability notice clearly refutes HT's "meritless" argument that the bureau should have considered the circumstances around Nexstar withholding a meaningful retrans agreement extension to determine whether the broadcaster acted in bad faith. With it already facing a potential $720,000 forfeiture, Nexstar said there "is neither a need nor a legitimate basis for requiring the Bureau to expend even more resources in taking up what amounts to a petition for a new and improper revision of the Communications Act and the FCC’s [retrans consent] rules."