Station Draws $10,000 Fine For File Violations
From Radio Ink
Jun 22, 2009

WASHINGTON -- June 19, 2009: The FCC has followed up on a notice of apparent liability to Urban Radio's KVTO-AM/Berkeley, CA, sending a forfeiture order for $10,000 for "willful and repeated" public file violations.

Urban, owned by Inner City Broadcasting, acknowledged in a license-renewal application in 2006 that it had been missing eight issues/programs lists in its public file for dates between 1998 and 2001, but said it had re-created and replaced the material. The FCC issued a $10,000 NAL, and Urban responded that it had admitted the violations voluntarily, that no harm was done because no one opposed its license renewal, and that it had a history of compliance with FCC rules. The company also said the amount of the fine would inappropriately penalize a minority-owned station.

Univision, Telemundo: Despite Digital Transition, Most Ratings Hold
Media Daily News, June 19, 2009

Univision and Telemundo were concerned that the number of Hispanic homes that were unprepared for the June 12 digital transition could lead to a notable ratings decline. But that fear appears to have been unfounded. Instead, the normal ups and downs of prime-time ratings occurred at the top Spanish-language networks -- with no pattern of decreases.

On Saturday, June 13 -- the first night after the transition -- Univision saw total viewership in prime time increase 10% over the previous Saturday. Telemundo, by the same measure, saw it drop 75% over the week before.

But the following night -- the second after the transition (Sunday, June 14) -- there was a reverse dynamic. Telemundo saw a 20% increase in total viewers compared to the Sunday before, while Univision fell 9%.

The networks appear to have had a minimal ratings impact from the transition, largely because the number of Hispanic homes that wound up losing reception was relatively low.

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