Media Bureau Proposes $6,500 for LPTV Displacement CP Violation

The FCC Media Bureau proposed a $6,500 forfeiture for an Alabama low-power TV station that continued to operate after its post-incentive auction displacement construction permit expired, said an order and notice of apparent liability for forfeiture Monday. WSFG-LD Berry, Alabama, and it’s licensee, the estate of Ettie Clarke, also didn’t file a timely license to cover the application, the order said. The displacement CP was issued in June 2018 and expired in June 2021 when no license to cover the application was filed, the order said. The license application was eventually filed in December. Construction was completed on schedule in fall 2018, but the station overlooked the need to submit the application, the order said. “It is well settled that administrative oversight is not an excuse for failure to comply with the Commission’s rules,” the order said.