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AM to Pay $8,000 for Originating Content, Reducing Power

CTC Media Group agreed to pay an $8,000 forfeiture for operating WECU(AM) Winterville, N.C., at reduced power without permission and originating programming on its translator, according to an order and consent decree in Monday’s Daily Digest. The FCC Media Bureau…

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learned of the matter via an informal complaint that WECU “had been off the air for months.” CTC told the FCC WECU had been operating at reduced daytime power and it had been originating content on the translator, the consent decree said. CTC also didn’t provide station logs requested by the FCC. Along with the $8,000 payment, CTC agreed to implement a compliance plan and make regular compliance reports to the FCC for three years.