Thatcher’s Mission: Contesting A ‘Good Faith’ FCC Fine

The broadcast TV station ownership group founded 28 years ago by Chairwoman Nancie Smith and her late husband, David Smith, and led today by President Dennis Thatcher has asked the FCC to cancel a proposed forfeiture in the amount of $150,000 levied against the company.

At the very least, Mission Broadcasting said in a response to the suggested fine, the Commission’s determination that it did not participate in “good faith” retransmission consent discussions with Xfinity parent Comcast Corp. should, at the very most, see a $7,500 financial penalty levied against it.