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FCC rules against Nassau. must give up WWHK, Concord

Yesterday I noticed the simulcast was still on with all the commercials still playing on 102.3. The Commission did say the arrangement must be terminated immediately didn't it? This is gonna get messy.....big fine(s), short term license renewals for Nassau properties, or perhaps revocation(s) and quick distress sales on the way like RKO General in the late 70s and early 80s?
 
Gatesway80 said:
...perhaps revocation(s) and quick distress sales on the way like RKO General in the late 70s and early 80s...
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Actually, RKO-General didn't have to sell the stations - and most of the licenses were still in their control. The whole mess started in the 1960's when parent company General Tire and Rubber Company was doing business in the Middle-East. There its customary to offer a 'little something on the side' to promote a business agreement. General Tire, of course, was doing business just like the other large companies in the world (GE, Honeywell, Hughes, GM, etc.). However there was a group who were interested in the Boston TV license and the only dirt they could dig up was the 'palm greasing' General Tire was accused of. Others began circling like vultures... if RKO wasn't fit to hold the Boston TV license maybe they weren't fit to hold the (insert market here). And the fun began - and lasted long enough for the original lawyers to put their offspring through law school and the kids then took over the case - which lasted over twenty years. RKO petitioned FCC to allow them to sell off the licenses because it would be cheaper the dump them instead of continuing the legal battle - the first being WOR-TV - which set the precedent for the whole ball of wax to go… and yes, it went rather quickly. And off I went seeking employment elsewhere…

(Carry on..)
 
So far my Nassau contacts are claiming that Princeton has told them nothing about how long they'll continue to operate 102.3. I'm inclined to believe them as keeping their peeps in the dark is Nassau's SOP.
 
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