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 Federal  Communications  Commission  FCC  03-  303 
 JOINT  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONERS  MICHAEL  J.  COPPS  AND  JONATHAN  S.  ADELSTEIN, 
 DISSENTING 
 Re:  Curators  of  the  University  of  Missouri,  Licensee  of  Station  KWMU-  FM,  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order 


 We  disagree  with  the  decision  to  rescind  the  $8,000  forfeiture  assessed  against  this  licensee  for  failure  to  make  truthful  statements  to  the  Commission  in  the  face  of  repeated  written  requests  from  the 
 Commission.  Here,  KWMU-  FM,  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  twice  failed  to  disclose  the  existence  of  two  employment  discrimination  complaints  filed  against  the  station  even  after  Commission  staff  sent  a 
 specific  letter  of  inquiry  to  the  station  asking  it  to  identify  any  such  complaints. 
 Our  regulatory  structure  is  premised  upon  the  assumption  that  applicants  will  provide  the  Commission  with  truthful  and  accurate  information,  without  misrepresentation  or  omission.  This  is  a 
 straightforward  matter  of  a  licensee  failing  to  respond  truthfully  to  the  Commission  on  not  one  but  two  occasions.  What  message  does  this  send  to  other  licensees  as  we  enter  another  license  renewal  cycle? 
 What  is  the  consequence  for  filing  inaccurate  information  with  the  Commission?  In  our  view,  the  NAL  was  properly  issued  against  the  licensee  and  should  be  affirmed. 
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