Hubbard Won't Face Monetary Penalty Over Political File Violations
Hubbard won’t face monetary penalties for political file violations at a host of its radio stations, according to an FCC Media Bureau order and consent decree. The bureau has reached similar consent decrees with other large groups, including iHeart and…
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Beasley (see 2007300054). Those items were posted on the FCC’s website under the company name, whereas Friday’s Hubbard order and consent decree were labeled by the name of a subsidiary: “Chicago FCC License Sub, LLC, et al.” The subject of the order and consent decree is referred to throughout the documents as “Hubbard.” The bureau and broadcaster didn’t comment. As with a slew of similar consent decrees posted in recent weeks, the bureau pointed to COVID-19 as creating extenuating circumstances that merit resolving the matter with a compliance plan and consent decree. Also like those other cases, the violations came out during the license renewal process, it said. “The Company’s disclosures in its license renewal applications combined with the exceptional circumstances brought about by the pandemic present a unique situation.” The broadcaster will be required to adopt a compliance plan, and its renewals will be processed.