Federal Communications Commission	DA 20-259


Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of

Carolina Radio Group, Inc.

Application for License to Cover
W225DF, Raleigh, North Carolina
)
)
)
)
)
)


NAL/Acct. No. MB-201941410009
FRN: 0001940766
Facility ID No. 143608
File No. BLFT-20190425AAW

ORDER

Adopted:  March 11, 2020	Released:  March 12, 2020

By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau:

1. In this Order, we cancel a Forfeiture Order Carolina Radio Group, Inc., Forfeiture Order, DA 20-209 (MB Mar. 2, 2020).
 that we issued to Carolina Radio Group, Inc. (CRG), licensee of FM translator station W225DF, Raleigh, North Carolina. See 47 CFR §§ 74.1232(b), 74.1251(c).
  The Forfeiture Order stemmed from a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) that we issued to CRG, which proposed a two thousand dollar ($2,000) forfeiture for apparent violations of two Commission rules. Carolina Radio Group, Inc., Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 19-1235 (MB Dec. 5, 2019).
  The Forfeiture Order stated that CRG had neither paid the forfeiture proposed in the NAL nor filed a written statement in response to the NAL.  Thus, we affirmed the proposed forfeiture amount and ordered CRG to pay it.  However, CRG in fact had paid the proposed forfeiture.  CRG brought this to our attention upon release of the Forfeiture Order.  We have confirmed with the Office of Managing Director that CRG paid the proposed forfeiture amount.  As a result, we find the Forfeiture Order was issued in error and should be cancelled. See 47 CFR § 1.80(f)(4) (which provides that “[i]f the proposed forfeiture penalty is not paid in full in response to the notice of apparent liability, the Commission . . . will issue an order canceling or reducing the proposed forfeiture or requiring that it be paid in full and stating the date by which the forfeiture must be paid”) (emphasis added).

2. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to section 504(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 504(b).
 and sections 0.61, 0.283, and 1.80(f)(4) of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR §§ 0.61, 0.283, 1.80(f)(4).
 the Forfeiture Order (NAL/Acct. No. MB-201941410009) issued to Carolina Radio Group, Inc., IS CANCELLED.  

3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be sent, by First Class and Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to Carolina Radio Group, Inc., 3012 Highwoods Boulevard, Suite 201, Raleigh, NC 27604, and its counsel, Coe W. Ramsey, Esq., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, 150 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC 27601. 
						FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




						Albert Shuldiner
						Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau
2