FCC Enforcement Bureau settles with RTI Solutions for its failure to obtain prior Commission approval for the transfer of control of a cable landing license for a submarine cable system. RTI Solutions agrees to a $15K penalty and a compliance plan.
The Media and Enforcement Bureaus enter into a Consent Decree whereby Sinclair agrees to pay $500,000 and abide by a two year compliance plan; and the Bureaus agree to terminate and resolve various outstanding proceedings.
The Media Bureau grants the renwal applications of full power television stations WBFF, WNUV, and WUTB, all Baltimore, MD; denies the Motion for Substitution of Petitioner and dismisses related Petitions to Deny.
The FCC proposes to delete a provision in its rules that requires telecommunications relay services providers to support the now obsolete ASCII transmission format