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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  1017 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Brown  Broadcasting  System,  Inc.  )  File  No.:  EB-  03-  AT-  197  Owner  of  Antenna  Structure  located  in  )  NAL/  Acct.  No.  200432480001 
 Jefferson,  Georgia  )  FRN  0009  7708  84  Athens,  Georgia  ) 
 ) 
 FORFEITURE  ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  14,  2004  Released:  April  16,  2004 
 By  the  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  In  this  Forfeiture  Order  (“  Order”),  we  issue  a  monetary  forfeiture  in  the  amount  of  three  thousand  dollars  ($  3,  000)  to  Brown  Broadcasting  System,  Inc.  (“  Brown  Broadcasting”),  owner  of  an 
 antenna  structure  in  Jefferson,  Georgia,  for  willful  and  repeated  violation  of  Section  17.4(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  (“  Rules”).  1  The  noted  violation  involves  Brown  Broadcasting’s  failure  to  register  its 
 antenna  structure  with  the  Commission.  2 
 2.  On  December  8,  2003,  the  District  Director  of  the  Commission’s  Atlanta,  Georgia  Field  Office  (“  Atlanta  Office”)  issued  a  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  for  Forfeiture  (“  NAL”)  in  the  amount  of 
 $3,000  to  Brown  Broadcasting.  3  Brown  Broadcasting  has  not  filed  a  response  to  the  NAL.  Based  on  the  information  before  us,  we  affirm  the  forfeiture. 


 3.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  Section  503(  b)  of  the  Act,  4  and  Sections  0.111,  0.311  and  1.80(  f)(  4)  of  the  Rules,  5  Brown  Broadcasting  System,  Inc.  IS  LIABLE 
 FOR  A  MONETARY  FORFEITURE  in  the  amount  of  $3,000  for  willfully  and  repeatedly  violating  Section  17.  4(  a)  of  the  Rules. 


 4.  Payment  of  the  forfeiture  shall  be  made  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  Section  1.  80  of  the  Rules  within  30  days  of  the  release  of  this  Order.  If  the  forfeiture  is  not  paid  within  the  period  specified, 
 the  case  may  be  referred  to  the  Department  of  Justice  for  collection  pursuant  to  Section  504(  a)  of  the  Act.  6  Payment  shall  be  made  by  mailing  a  check  or  similar  instrument,  payable  to  the  order  of  the 
 “Federal  Communications  Commission,”  to  the  Federal  Communications  Commission,  P.  O.  Box  73482, 
 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  17.  4(  a). 


 2  On  December  22,  2003,  Brown  Broadcasting  registered  its  antenna  structure.  (ASR  No.  1241559). 
 3  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  for  Forfeiture,  NAL/  Acct.  No.  200432480001  (Enf.  Bur.,  Atlanta  Office, 
 released  December  8,  2003). 


 4  47  U.  S.  C.  §  503(  b). 


 5  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  111,  0.311,  1.80(  f)(  4). 
 6  47  U.  S.  C.  §  504(  a). 
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 Chicago,  Illinois  60673-  7482.  The  payment  should  note  NAL/  Acct.  No.  200432480001  and  FRN  0009  7708  84.  Requests  for  full  payment  under  an  installment  plan  should  be  sent  to:  Chief,  Revenue  and 
 Receivables  Operations  Group,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  7 
 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  Order  shall  be  sent  by  first  class  mail  and  certified  mail  return  receipt  requested,  to  Brown  Broadcasting  System,  Inc.,  1186  West  Broad  Street, 
 Athens,  Georgia  30603. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 David  H.  Solomon  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau 


 7  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1914. 
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