Sinclair Pays $48 Million and Settles All Pending Investigations

  • Full Title:
    Commission Adopts Order and Enters into Consent Decree with Sinclair Broadcast Group
  • Document Type:
    Order/Consent Decree
    Order
  • Bureau(s):
    Media
  • Description
    The FCC and Sinclair enter into a Consent Decree whereby Sinclair admits violations of the sponsorship ID rules, resolves investigations into other violations, and agrees to pay a $48,000,000 civil penalty and abide by a four year compliance plan
  • DA/FCC #:
    FCC-20-59
  • FCC Record Citation:
    35 FCC Rcd 5877 (7)
  • FCC Record:
    FCC-20-59A1_Rcd.pdf

Files

Order/Consent Decree: docx pdf txt

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  • Tags:
    Enforcement
    Television