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Attorney Dan J. Alpert is prepared to submit documentation that Guel is unable to pay a fine of more than $188,000 for flagrant violations of FCC rules. Acting Enforcement Bureau Brief Patrick Webre argues the financial penalty should be sevenfold higher.

This document proposes to amend the Table of TV Allotments (table) of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules by substituting channel *24 for channel *4 at Jacksonville, Oregon in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by theDove Media, Inc., the permittee of a new noncommercial educational (NCE) television station to serve Jacksonville, Oregon, Facility ID No. 791569. The staff engineering analysis finds that the proposal is in compliance with the Commission's principal community coverage and technical requirements. The substitution of channel *24 for channel *4 in the table will allow Petitioner to construct its new facility on a UHF channel and avoid the known viewer reception issues on its currently authorized VHF channel.

Media Bureau enters into a Consent Decree with GoCom Media of Illinois terminating and resolving outstanding matters and granting the television license renewal application for WBUI, Decatour, IL.

Media Bureau enters into a Consent Decree with Waitt Broadcasting, Inc., terminating and resolving outstanding matters and granting the television license renewal application for KMEG, Sioux City, IA.

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Media Bureau enters into a Consent Decree with New Age Media terminating and resolving outstanding matters and granting related television license renewal applications.

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A pair of key Senators are blasting the Carr Commission for a supposed double standard. Why? An interview with then-candidate and former President Donald J. Trump conducted in June 2024 appears to have been edited by FOX News to make him look better ahead of Election Day, say Ed Markey and Chuck Schumer.

As part of a huge Open Meeting agenda, the FCC is looking at what changes should be made to EAS, streamline the DIRS form for broadcasters and to delete a bunch of "nothing burger" regulations.

The Wireline Competition Bureau announces the proposed North American Numbering Plan Administration fund size estimate and contribution factor for October 2025 Through September 2026.

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Media Bureau enters into a Consent Decree with Waitt Broadcasting, Inc., terminating and resolving outstanding matters and granting the television license renewal application for KMEG, Sioux City, IA.

Keep the signal that best serves the public and move on, says a reader

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Kristina Bruni-led Fair Play Broadcasting has signed off on the sale of a low-power broadcast television station serving the Texas Gulf Coast. The buyer? It's another prolific purveyor of LPTV facilities. 

It serves the town of Burnet, Tex., and until now has been owned by Richard Herring. Pending FCC approval, a new licensee will be in possession of this FM translator serving a portion of Hill Country to the west of Austin.

Media Bureau enters into a Consent Decree with GoCom Media of Illinois terminating and resolving outstanding matters and granting the television license renewal application for WBUI, Decatour, IL.

Media Bureau enters into a Consent Decree with New Age Media terminating and resolving outstanding matters and granting related television license renewal applications.

By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau establishes WT Docket No. 25-217, which is captioned, "Modernizing the Commission's National Environmental Policy Act Rules."