Print
Email
/ 08.25.2010 12:05PM
FCC Calls Dogs Off KITV-TV
WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission has ended
an investigation involving a Hearst-owned TV station in Hawaii. The investigation
focused on the unauthorized operation of a fixed satellite earth station. Hearst
and the FCC came to terms on incident, which cost the broadcaster $7,500.
Hearst owns KITV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Honolulu, as well as two full-power
satellite TV stations, KMAU in Wailuku and KHVO in Hilo, and a receive-only
earth station E060301. Around August of 2009, Hearst determined that its
transportable fixed satellite earth station used for newsgathering was not
authorized. It shut the station down immediately and filed a new license
application for the facility on Aug. 31, 2009. Hearst notified the FCC of the
goof Sept. 2, 2009. The commission subsequently investigated and reached a deal
with Hearst.
The broadcaster agreed to a compliance plan managed by its vice president of
engineering. The plan requires Hearst to train its engineers on FCC compliance
within the six months, and to file periodic compliance reports up to two years
out. Hearst was not officially fined, but instead agreed to make a “voluntary
contribution” to the U.S. Treasury in the amount of $7,500.
-- Deborah D. McAdams
Print
Email
Sunday 12:00AM
EBU Pushes Hybrid Broadcast/Broadband TV
“Underlying this co-operation is the shared conviction that... only a flexible, cross-border approach will make it happen quickly.” ~ Ingrid Deltenre