November 4, 2025

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FCC Admonishes Licensees for Missed Deadlines — but Agrees to Cancel Forfeitures

The Federal Communications Commission has taken the unusual step of cancelling two proposed forfeitures — but not without admonishing the licensees for their violations.

In both cases, a Notice of Apparent Liability was issued by the Audio Division of the Media Bureau for the same violation: failing to file a license renewal application in a timely manner.

In the first case, the Bay City Public Schools district in Bay City, Mich., failed to file an application to renew the license of station WCHW(FM) on time. The same error was made by Billy R. Autry, licensee of two Mississippi stations —  WKRA(AM) and WKRA(FM) in Holly Springs, Miss.

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