ALJ Grants Guel Extension

FCC Administrative Law Judge Jane Halprin granted an extension until Jan. 8 in a hearing proceeding over allegedly false transfers of control by the owners of several low-power radio and television stations, said an order posted Wednesday in docket 23-267 (see 2308110063). Accused of transferring stations to his niece to avoid including them in a bankruptcy filing, Antonio Guel, due to filing deadlines falling during the holidays, requested the extension so he could reply to an FCC Enforcement Bureau motion to enlarge the case. “The Presiding Judge agrees that there is good cause to afford Mr. Guel more time to file a response,” the order said.