FCC Fines Corpus Christi LPTV $9,500

The FCC has issued a $9,500 forfeiture order to Roseland Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of low power television station KXCC-LD Corpus Christi.  

The FCC said the station “willfully violated sections 73.3598(a) and 73.1635(a) of the Commission’s rules” because it failed to “timely file a license to cover application and request for special temporary authority,”

The commission said RBI also “willfully and repeatedly violated section 73.1745(a) of the Rules and section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934 by engaging in unauthorized operation.”

The FCC said RBI operated at full-power without a valid license authorization from Feb. 1 through June 27, 2023, and then it operated at reduced power without a valid STA from June 27 to Sept. 25, 2023.