A broadcast television station owned by the company that owns the most over-the-air facilities in the U.S. has been handed a proposed fine for its failure to timely file its quarterly issues/programs lists with the FCC.
A Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture was handed on Thursday to Nexstar Media Group‘s KAMR-4 in Amarillo, Tex., an NBC affiliate branded as “LOCAL 4.”
Nexstar faces a $6,000 penalty — and it is another example of self-incrimination. On April 1, 2022, Nexstar filed a license renewal application for KAMR. In the filing, Nexstar shared that it was tardy in the filing of the issues/programs lists.
Then came a July 6, 2023 amendment to the license renewal application, in which Nexstar shared with the Commission that additional late-filed issues/programs lists.
Specifically, KAMR-TV failed to upload copies of its issues/programs lists for nine quarters. KAMR uploaded five lists more than one year late, two lists between one month and one year late, and two lists between one day and one month late, respectively.
KAMR offered the Commission no explanation for its tardiness.
For Barbara Kreisman, Video Division Chief in the FCC’s Media Bureau, “under the
facts of this case, including the number of late filings and the extent by which they were late, a forfeiture in the amount of $6,000 is appropriate for the Licensee’s apparent failure to timely upload its issues/programs lists.”
