Media Bureau Agrees to $5,000 Settlement Over Unauthorized AM Sale

An AM station owner in Puerto Rico will pay $5,000 to settle an investigation into an unauthorized transfer of control, said a consent decree in Monday’s Daily Digest. Ricardo Angulo, who's now deceased, transferred 100% of the voting stock in A Radio Company, which owns WEGA Vega Baja, to Eddie Rivera in January 2023 but didn't file an application with the FCC until February 2024, the filing said. Under the terms of the settlement, the transfer will be approved as long as the penalty is paid within 30 days, it said. “Any proceedings that might result from the violations would be time-consuming and require a substantial expenditure of public and private resources.”