Scripps Agrees to Pay $1.3 million Dollar Fine

Scripps is going to cough up over a million bucks to the FCC for something they did not even do.

Back in 2018, a small plane crashed into a TV tower in Kaplan, Louisiana that was owned by Cordillera TV.

Scripps wanted to buy Cordillera and to get the deal approved by the FCC, which it was last April, Scripps had agreed to abide by the results of the ongoing investigation into the tower crash.

The FCC Enforcement Bureau investigation found no evidence to connect the collision to any violation of its rules, but it did say it discovered "numerous, sometimes longstanding, irregularities" in Cordillera compliance and looked at other Cordillera towers, where it said it found problems with monitoring of tower lighting and maintenance of records of lighting failures.

The FCC handed down a fine of $1.3 million bucks which Scripps says they will pay.

H/T B&C

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