[BC] Re: Public File Proceeeding

[Barry Mishkind]

At 01:47 PM 6/25/2006, RokprtMike at aol.com wrote
>Since  your friend didn't bother to notify the FCC of the situation,
>it is quite  likely the FCC only had the statements of the station at
>hand to  use.  Without a lot more manpower ($$$$) from Congress, and a
>mandate  that includes MANY things besides broadcasting, they are
>hobbled and  unable to inspect everyone.
>
>Hi Barry,
>
>He actually considered it but it the station belongs to his town so if he
>reported them and the FCC fined them the fine would have been paid with tax
>dollars.
>
>The point I was trying to make was the fact that they didn't have a public
>file, and still don't, appeared as an exhibit it their renewal application.
>
>Mike


         That is a sad truth in many places. Bureaucrats
         dodge responsibility. Tax dollars pay fines
         and judgements.  It happens mostly
         because there is no "media" to expose it.

         At any rate, that didn't prevent him from
         contacting the real owners ... the city.

         Who knows, either the situation might have
         been fixed, or the bad guys even "reassigned."