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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  January  3,  2005  Janice  Wise  at  (202)  418-  8165 
 janice.  wise@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  AFFIRMS  $25,000  FORFEITURE  AGAINST  A-  O  BROADCASTING,  INC.,  FOR  VIOLATIONS  OF  RF  RADIATION  LIMITS  AND  EAS  RULES 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  The  Federal  Communications  Commission  today  released  a  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  affirming  the  $25,000  forfeiture  it  imposed  on  A-  O  Broadcasting,  Inc.  (“  A-O”), 
 licensee  of  former  FM  Station  KTMN,  Cloudcroft,  New  Mexico,  for  violating  radiofrequency  radiation  (“  RFR”)  exposure  limits  applicable  to  tower  transmitters,  and  for 
 failing  to  install  and  operate  Emergency  Alert  System  (“  EAS”)  equipment. 
 The  action  denies  A-  O’s  petition  for  reconsideration  of  the  Commission’s  December  29,  2003  Forfeiture  Order.  The  2003  Forfeiture  Order  was  the  first  time  the  FCC  imposed  a  monetary 
 forfeiture  for  violation  of  its  RFR  exposure  limits. 
 Action  by  the  Commission  on  December  28,  2004,  by  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  (FCC  04-  297).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin  and  Adelstein. 


 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Janice  Wise  at  (202)  418-  8165  or  Thomas  Fitz-  Gibbon  at  (202)  418-  0693,  (888)  835-  5322  (TTY) 
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