Latina Broadcasting Action Believed Imminent

FCC action to block Class A owner Latina Broadcasters from participating in the incentive auction and reject appeals from Class A's Fifth Street, Video House and WMTM is believed “imminent," said letters from Latina's owner to Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel posted in docket 12-268 Monday. The FCC repeatedly has said in filings that Latina would be able to participate in the auction, but the commission is now taking action to block Latina after the appeal from the other Class A cited Latina as being similarly situated to Video House, WMTM and Fifth Street, which didn’t meet a 2012 deadline for Class A's to be eligible (see 1601250060.) “I understand that my business, my significant investment of time and money in that business, and my dream of serving the Hispanic community with targeted programming are in jeopardy because of an imminent action by the FCC that will essentially erase all that I have worked toward,” said Nora Crosby Soto in her letters to the commissioners.