FCC Fines Florida Licensee $125,000 For Tower Lighting, Registration, Contest Violations

Fine

MAGIC BROADCASTING II, LLC has agreed to a Consent Decree with the FCC to resolve contesting and antenna lighting and registration rule violations at Talk WVFT (REAL TALK 93.3)/GRETNA-TALLAHASSEE, FL and Top 40 WILN (ISLAND 106)/PANAMA CITY, FL.

MAGIC will pay a $125,000 fine to settle the matter. The violations involved WVFT's tower not being properly lit for more than a year, and had been sold to MAGIC in 2012 without the FCC being notified; the contest violations involved to WILN contests, the "Troll Tracker" and "Alexa Almighty" contests, that had pre-selected winners and fake telephone calls from "contestants" aired on voice-tracked afternoon shows.

In other FCC actions, the Commission reached Consent Decrees with NRG LICENSE SUB, LLC (several WISCONSIN and ILLINOIS stations); RAVEN LICENSE SUB, LLC (additional WISCONSIN stations); STEWARDS OF SOUND News-Talk WOGO-A and Christian AC WWIB/HALLIE, WI); and MRR LICENSE LLC (Country WOOZ-F (Z100)/HARRISBURG, IL and Sports WXLT (103.5 ESPN)/CHRISTOPHER, IL) to resolve political public file violations. The licensees will be required to adhere to compliance plans but were not fined.

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