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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
) File No.: EB-02-AT-307
J.L. Brewer Broadcasting of Cleveland, LLC ) NAL/Acct. No.
200232480020
Chattanooga, Tennessee ) FRN 0003-7349-10
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Adopted: July 9, 2003 Released: July 11,
2003
By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:
1. In this Memorandum Opinion and Order (``Order''), we
grant the petition for reconsideration filed by J.L.
Brewer Broadcasting of Cleveland, LLC (``Brewer'') of
our Forfeiture Order1 finding it liable for a monetary
forfeiture in the amount of three thousand dollar
($3,000) for an apparent willful violation of Section
17.4(a) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules'').2 The
alleged violation was failure to register an antenna
structure.
2. Brewer is the licensee of broadcast station WDNT(AM) in
Dayton, Tennessee. On September 9, 2002, the District Director
of the Commission's Atlanta, Georgia, Field Office (``Atlanta
Office'') issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture
(``NAL'') 3 in the amount of $3,000 to Brewer for failure to
register WDNT's antenna structure, in apparent willful violation
of Section 17.4(a) of the Commission's Rules. After Brewer
failed to respond to the NAL, the Enforcement Bureau issued a
Forfeiture Order affirming the forfeiture. In its petition for
reconsideration of the Forfeiture Order, Brewer asserts that it
does not own the antenna structure used by WDNT. The Atlanta
Office has now confirmed that Brewer does not own WDNT's antenna
structure and did not own it at the time of the alleged
violation.4
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section
405 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (``Act''),5 and
Section 1.106 of the Rules,6 Brewer's petition for
reconsideration IS GRANTED; and that, pursuant to Section 504(b)
of the Act7 and Section 1.80(f)(4) of the Rules,8 the $3,000
monetary forfeiture issued to Brewer IS CANCELLED.
4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT a copy of this Order
shall be sent by first class mail and certified mail, return
receipt requested, to J.L. Brewer Broadcasting of Cleveland, LLC,
1305 Carter Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
David H. Solomon
Chief, Enforcement Bureau
_________________________
1 18 FCC Rcd 1035 (Enf. Bur. 2003)
2 47 C.F.R. § 17.4(a).
3 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, NAL/Acct. No.
200232480020 (Enf. Bur., Atlanta Office, released September 9,
2002).
4 At the time of the inspection, a station representative
informed our agent that the licensee owned the tower.
5 47 U.S.C. § 405
6 47 C.F.R. § 1.106
7 47 U.S.C. § 504(b).
8 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(f)(4).