FCC Fines Framingham State Student-Run Radio Station

The Federal Communications Commission has fined WDJM-FM, a student-run radio station at Framingham State University.

During its license renewal application, the station admitted it was missing program lists from March 2006 to January 2013.

The college radio station agreed to keep better records and to pay a $1,200 fine.

The FCC and WDJM-FM agreed to a consent decree on Dec. 31, 2014, and released to the public on January 9, 2015.

According to the federal documents, “at the time of the violation, the station was a student-run noncommercial educational (‘NCE’) station licensed to an educational institution. This first-time documentation violation at the station is within the parameters of our policy concerning violations of documentation requirements of Rules by student-run NCE radio stations. We have negotiated a consent decree under this policy, which provides, among other things, that the licensee will institute and maintain, for three years, a compliance plan for the station and make a $1,200 civil penalty payment to the United States Treasury. Based upon our review of the record before us, we conclude that the referenced renewal application should be granted, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the consent decree, but only for a term of four years.”

The radio station applied for a license renewal on Nov. 25, 2013.

WDJM-FM can be found at 91.3.