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Black-owned radio station may lose license over FCC 'character qualifications'
- ed25519FUUU 3y agoAt first I thought this was maybe clickbait and the article would provide some additional details. But it’s pretty much as dumb as it sounds. Basically any radio station owner with a felony is automatically placed into a hearing, and this tax fraud felony from 2008 was made available to the FCC now (from not paying taxes on some cigarette stamps, seems a trifle). Still seems dumb on the FCCs part. It’s not like you’re guessing about the station. It’s been on the air for a decade. No hearing necessary.
- uejfiweun 3y agoYeah, this rule in general seems pretty anachronistic when any old idiot can spin up a YouTube channel in approximately 5 minutes.
- cafard 3y agoThere are a lot of boomers still living, breathing, and listening much more to radio than to YouTube.
- cf100clunk 3y agoMy knee-jerk sense of fair play has me wondering how/why Fox News license holders are not at risk of losing theirs, given the self-acknowledged mendacity of some of its on-air personalities. To me, that goes directly to 'character qualifications', but perhaps cable TV network owners do not face the same standards as their broadcast radio station colleagues.
- kej 3y agoYeah, broadcast and cable are regulated very differently because radio spectrum is a limited shared public resource while cable is mostly private property and essentially unlimited channels.
- lupire 3y agoMeanwhile in DC, (at least some kinds of) felons have preference for marijuana licenses.
- brutusborn 3y agoIs this what you are talking about? If so, felons don’t get any preference. https://outlawreport.com/dc-reverses-ban-on-former-felons-in-cannabis-industry/ https://outlawreport.com/dc-reverses-ban-on-former-felons-in...
- elisbce 3y agoYou know what's dumb? Pulling a "black-owned" racial card every time there is anything happening, even if the rules have nothing to do with race.
- lupire 3y agoWhat's dumb is not comprehending the wider impact. > The owner of Knoxville, Tennessee's only Black-owned radio station You may recognize Tennessee from such hits as "Tennessee legislature expels 2 Black representatives". https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tennessee-expulsion-house-democrats-expelled-what-happens-now/ https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tennessee-expulsion-house-d...
- ThunderSizzle 3y ago[flagged]
- sokoloff 3y agoIs there an implication that because a state did something likely racist that a federal agency is motivated by the same racism? Are there white station owners with felonies?
- l0wp1t 3y agoRules can have a higher impact to some races vs other races. Like this rule affect blacks more since they only make up 13% of the population but make up 34% of felons out there.
- lupire 3y agoWhy is "not paying taxes on a sale" a conviction for tax fraud? Is it a simple matter of paying the amount due plus penalty? Where is the scheme to deceive? I often get letters from the IRS correcting my taxes.
- mikecoles 3y agoOften? Sounds like you're poor at attempting fraud.
- antiloper 3y agoWhat does the station owner's race have to do with this? (rhetorical question, no answer required)
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