When a licensee fails to timely file a license renewal application, it’s become a nice way for the Federal Communications Commission to meet its annual operating budget.
On Thursday alone, five Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture were sent to licensees of low-power TV stations for their individual transgressions. Collectively, should there be no reduction or cancellations of the proposed fines, the FCC stands to add $10,500 from its coffers.