WASHINGTON D.C.—In response to an FCC ruling that Nexstar violated requirements to negotiate a retransmission consent deal with Hawaiian Telecom in good faith, Nexstar is disputing the proposed $720,000 FCC fine saying “the forfeiture should be cancelled or, at a minimum, substantially reduced.”
The March 8 filing by Nexstar with the FCC argued that first, “the Bureau erred in finding a violation of the good faith retransmission consent negotiation requirement, and (2) the proposed forfeiture of $720,000 exceeds the Bureau’s delegated authority and is both irrational and punitive.”
