The FCC last week ordered one broadcaster to pay an $8,000 fine for violations of its Equal Employment Opportunity policies and told another broadcaster it is liable for an $18,500 fine for EEO violations. (Federal Communications Commission)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 1996 by Stern, Christopher

The FCC last week ordered one broadcaster to pay an $8,000 fine for violations of its Equal Employment Opportunity policies and told another broadcaster it is liable for an $18,500 fine for EEO violations. In one case, the commission told Sun Mountain Broadcasting to pay $8,000 as part of a settlement between the broadcaster and the NAACP, which early had petitioned the FCC to deny the license renewal of Sun Mountain's KISM(AM)-KISN(FM) Salt Lake City.

In the other case, the commission granted the license renewal of Texas Coast Broadcasters' KNUZ(AM)-KQUE (FM) Houston, but also fined the broadcaster $18,500 after ruling that it had not done enough to attract Hispanics. But the commission rejected an NAACP petition to reconsider a decision to renew the license of...

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