FCC Actions
Salem Media Group has entered a Consent Decree with the FCC and will pay a $50,000 civil penalty for violating the live broadcast rules by broadcasting prerecorded programming as “live” without announcing before the broadcast that the programming was prerecorded.
The FCC received a complaint in August 2017 stating that Conservative Talk “870 The Answer” KRLA Glendale/Los Angeles aired a program titled “HealthLine Live”, but did not indicate that the show was not actually live. Salem responded confirming that the show was pre-recorded, did not announce before the broadcast that the programming was taped, aired on multiple Salem stations, the host “suggested that he was taking calls from listeners and speaking with them live over the
air,” and and that the title of the Show and the apparent interactive discussions with callers suggested to a listener that the Show was being presented live. The station now identifies the show simply as “Heathline“. In addition to the fine, Salem is required to develop and implement a Compliance Plan within 60 days.
The FCC has denied Eddie Rackley and Jimmie Hopson’s petition for reconsideration for the deletion of 1290 WNBN Meridian MS in June 2018. The license was deleted after the FCC discovered that was deleted after the FCC discovered that Frank Rackley died in January 2011, but that its license renewal in 2012 failed to disclose that and the station never updated the application or filed a transfer of control when his son Eddie took over the license as well as court approved sale to Hopson in 2015 for $10,000.
The FCC has issued an Order To Pay or Show Cause to Unido Para Cristo’s 1060 KIJN Farwell TX/Clovis NM for failing to play delinquent regulatory fees. Unido Para Cristo owes $14,148.91 for fees owed from 2013 through 2019.
