Missouri Noncom Fined in Public File Case

The FCC fined a noncom Missouri station $4,000 for “willful violation” of the public file rules.
The station is KTTK(FM), licensed to the Lebanon Educational Broadcasting Foundation.
The case dates to a visit to the station by an FCC agent in January 2003, which found that the station’s contour map and issues/programs list, and copy of the “Public and Broadcasting” manual were missing from the public files.
The FCC had already reduced the possible fine from $10,000, and rejected arguments that the fine should be further reduced.