Thursday, December 23, 2004  

Based upon our thorough review of the record, including the repetitive nature of the violations and Entercom’s history of prior indecent broadcasts, we conclude that an upward adjustment of the forfeiture amount to the statutory maximum of $27,500 is warranted in this case for each instance in which Entercom apparently violated 18 U.S.C. § 1464 and 47 C.F.R. § 73.3999. Thus, we find that the appropriate forfeiture amount is $110,000 for Entercom Kansas City License, LLC, and Entercom Wichita License, LLC, respectively, for a total of $220,000. We also take this opportunity to reiterate our admonition (which took place after the behavior at issue here) that serious multiple violations of our indecency rule by broadcasters may well lead to the commencement of license revocation proceedings, and that we may issue forfeitures for each indecent utterance in a particular broadcast.

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