Newport to Pay $35,000 for Broadcasting Phone Call Without Permission
Newport Television will pay a $35,000 civil penalty for broadcasting a phone conversation without informing one of the parties that the call would be on TV, the FCC said in a news release Friday. The penalty is part of the…
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terms of a consent decree between Newport and the Enforcement Bureau, the release said. It's based on a 2012 incident involving Newport's KTVX Salt Lake City, the consent decree said. “Broadcasts of telephone conversations without such notice are prohibited by the FCC's Telephone Broadcast Rule and threaten the privacy and reputation of consumers whose telephone conversations are broadcast to the public without their knowledge or consent,” the news release said. Newport also “hampered” the FCC investigation by “failing to fully respond to communications from Bureau staff,” the consent decree said. Under the terms of the settlement, Newport admits the violations, the release said.