Judge Orders $910,700 Judgment Against Newman Broadcasting
A federal judge issued a $910,700 judgment against Newman Broadcasting over the company’s claiming new entrant bidding credits for which it wasn’t eligible, DOJ announced Thursday. The alleged violation concerned bids for radio frequencies. Between 2005 through 2007, Newman certified…
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it was eligible for a 35 percent new entrant bidding credit though it was “in part controlled by an experienced radio station owner with other stations in the same market” and thus not, the department said. The court judgment resolves a 2016 lawsuit by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in U.S. District Court in Washington arguing the company violated the False Claims Act. Newman didn’t comment.