The FCC has proposed an $8000 penalty against Windy City Broadcasting’s 103.9 W280EM Chicago to settle multiple violations brought on from an informal objection to the translator’s license renewal application. W280EM never filed a silent STA for being off the air from August 17, 2020 to August 4, 2021 nor mention the period of silence in its renewal application. It also failed to notify the FCC that it had changed primary station as it was licensed to rebroadcast Hubbard’s 101.9 WTMX-HD2 Skokie, but had been rebroadcasting SBS’ 107.9 WLEY Aurora prior to going silent and Univision’s 105.1 WOJO-HD2 Evanston since returning to the air. The translator was issued the based forfeiture of $5000 for unauthorized discontinuance of service and $3000 for failure to file required forms or informatio
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