$6,500 Penalty Proposed For TV Translator Filing Violations

The FCC Media Bureau proposed a $6,500 penalty for a Methow Valley, Washington, TV translator for failing to file a license to cover on time and operating without authorization after its incentive auction displacement construction permit expired, said a notice of apparent liability in Monday’s Daily Digest. K44EN-D submitted documentation that it had constructed its displacement facilities and was operating from them, but it didn't do so until three years after completing them and six months after the permit expired, the NAL said. “It is well settled that administrative oversight is not an excuse for failure to comply with the Commission’s rules,” said the NAL.