The station group that wants to acquire Tribune Broadcasting got hit with the fine from the FCC for presenting ads on its stations for a cancer institute as news stories, without any sponsorship credit, a total of 1,700 times over six months last year:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sinclair-fcc-exclusive/exclusive-fcc-plans-to-fine-sinclair-13-3-million-over-undisclosed-commercials-idUSKBN1E92C7?utm It comes out to around $7,700 per ad, which is a relative shoulder tap compared to the FCC maximums for such an incident, particularly for that many instances. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
