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This action is taken under authority delegated to the Chief, Mass Media Bureau by Section 0.283 of the Commission's Rules.  xLOn March 13, 1998, the Commission received a complaint from Ken and Nancy Sargent, alleging that on  xFebruary 26, 1998, low power station K06MU(TV), Big Bear Lake Valley, California, recorded and  xbroadcast a telephone conversation between them and Chuck Foster, the president of KIDSTV 6, without  xythe Sargents' prior knowledge. The complaint included a videotape of the particular broadcast. Based on  xthis complaint the Commission sent you a letter of inquiry on August 11, 1998. You responded to our  xyinquiry on September 12, 1998. You deny that the station broadcast the telephone conversation without  xythe complainants' prior knowledge. Rather, you indicate that Mr. Sargent "knew or had reason to believe  xhe was being recorded" because he stated during the conversation ". . . and if you're taping me, fine.  x[That's okay too." You add that it is station policy not to record telephone conversations for subsequent  xbroadcast without the parties' prior knowledge of that fact. You further note that, because Mr. Foster had  xseveral prior "runins" with the Sargents, he once personally told them, "I want to caution you that I'm  xgoing to record your conversations whenever you call or come in to the station, or when you appear at  xpublic meetings, and the reason I'm doing this is because I intend to rebut your lies by using your own statements and actions against you ontheair and in a court of law."  x<On October 4, 1998, the Sargents submitted comments to your September 12 response. They reiterate that  xthey received no prior notice that the telephone conversation was being recorded for future broadcast.  xMWith respect to the licensee's contention that Ken Sargent gave the licensee permission for the taping  xduring the course of the conversation, they state that the comment was an aside to Nancy Sargent, who  xwarned him in the background of the tape that the conversation might be taped. They argue that it was  xnever addressed to Foster, since he never informed them that he was taping the conversation. The  xjSargents further deny that Foster ever advised them that he would tape his telephone conversations with them in the future, noting that they have never had a facetoface meeting with him.  x[Section 73.1206 of the Commission's Rules provides, in pertinent part, that before recording a telephone  xconversation for broadcast or simultaneously broadcasting a conversation, a licensee shall inform any party  xkto the call of its intention to broadcast the conversation, except where such party is aware, or may be  xNpresumed to be aware from the circumstances of the conversation, that it is being or likely will be"*,**UU,."  xbroadcast. After reviewing the material before us, including the videotape submitted by the complainants,  xwe conclude that the station recorded the conversation between Foster and the Sargents without the  xSargents' knowledge and subsequently broadcast portions of the conversation over the air. While Ken  xSargent did state during the conversation with Foster that he did not care if the conversation was being  S4- xtaped, his conversation was already being recorded at the time he made that statement. See, Liability of  S- xLHeftel BroadcastingContemporary, Inc., 52 FCC 2d 1005 (1975), which stands for the proposition that  x/a notice of an intention to broadcast must be given before the taping of a telephone call. Further, the  xlicensee's claim that Foster had given a blanket warning about future taping of conversations did not  xsuffice as prior notice in this case. Such a blanket statement does not amount to notice that a particular  x.conversation would be taped.. Moreover, the very language of the warning "when you call or come in  xto the station, or when you appear at public meetings" does not include situations where the Sargents are the recipients of the calls, as occurred here.  x1Based on the evidence before us, it appears that you willfully violated Section 73.1206 of the  S8 - xCommission's Rules on February 26, 1998. The guidelines contained in the Commision's Forfeiture Policy  S - xStatement, 12 FCC Rcd 17087 (1997), which became effective on October 14, 1997, specify a base  xzforfeiture amount of $4,000 for the unauthorized broadcast of telephone conversations. Accordingly,  x.pursuant to Section 503 of the Communications Act, KIDSTV 6, licensee of Station K06MU(TV), Big  xBear Lake Valley, California, is hereby advised of its Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $4,000 for an apparent violation of Section 73.1206 of the Commission's Rules.  xLIn regard to this forfeiture proceeding, you are afforded a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this  xletter "to show, in writing, why a forfeiture penalty should not be imposed or should be reduced, or to pay  xthe forfeiture. Any showing as to why the forfeiture should not be imposed or should be reduced shall  xinclude a detailed factual statement and such documentation and affidavits as may be pertinent." 47  xC.F.R. Section 1.80(f)(3). Other relevant provisions of Section 1.80 of the Commission's Rules are summarized in attachments to this letter. x` `  hh@hSincerely, x` `  hh@hRoy J. Stewart, Chief x` `  hh@hMass Media Bureau Enclosure cc: Ken and Nancy Sargent