Federal Communications Commission DA 09-189
  
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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
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In the Matter of )
) File No. EB-07-IH-9488
CBS Radio East Inc. ) NAL/Acct. No. 200932080026
) Facility ID No. 25443
Licensee of Station KDKA(AM) ) FRN No. 0009225210
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania )
)
NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE
Adopted:  February 5, 2009 Released:  February 5, 2009 
By the Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION
1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL), issued pursuant to 
Section 503(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), and Section 1.80 of 
the Commissions rules,1 we find that CBS Radio East Inc. (CBS or the Licensee), licensee of 
Station KDKA(AM), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Station KDKA or the Station), broadcast 
information about a contest without fully and accurately disclosing all material terms thereof, and 
failed to conduct the contest substantially as announced or advertised, in apparent willful violation 
of Section 73.1216 of the Commissions rules.2 Based upon our review of the record, we find that 
CBS is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of $6,000.     
II.    BACKGROUND
2. The Commission received a complaint, dated November 26, 2007 (the 
Complaint),3 alleging that Station KDKAs investigative reporter and talk show host, Marty 
Griffin, conducted a contest on November 22, 2007, in apparent violation of Section 73.1216 of the 
Commissions rules. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that, beginning at approximately 9:10 a.m. 
on November 22, 2007, Mr. Griffin announced that he would give away one million dollars 
($1,000,000) to the thirteenth caller, and that he would give away a million an hour thereafter.4  
The Complainant alleges that he called the Station, was told he was the thirteenth caller, and was 
then put on hold; after spending forty-three minutes on hold, the Complainant was transferred to 
Mr. Griffin, and Mr. Griffin asked him questions about the Thanksgiving holiday.  The 
Complainant states that after he inquired about the prize money, the phone was disconnected.  The 
Complainant called back to the Station, and was told that there was no $1,000,000 prize.  The 
  
1 See 47 U.S.C.  503(b); 47 C.F.R.  1.80.
2 See 47 C.F.R.  73.1216.
3 See Complaint, IC Number 07-WB13557366, filed on November 26, 2007.
4 See id.   The Complainant also alleges that Mr. Griffin repeatedly said he would award $1,000,000 to the 
thirteenth caller, and that there was a person in the studio with a briefcase handcuffed to him with one million 
dollars in it. Id. The Complaint alleges that multiple individuals who called the Station asked if they had 
won the prize.  See id.
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Complainant also states that he sent Mr. Griffin an e-mail concerning this matter, and received a 
response from Mr. Griffin indicating that he was the only person in the area who didnt get the 
joke.5  
 
3. By Letter of Inquiry (LOI), dated December 10, 2007, the Enforcement Bureau 
directed CBS to provide information about the alleged contest.6 On January 16, 2008, CBS filed its 
response (LOI Response).7 In its LOI Response, CBS does not dispute that it aired the 
complained-of material, and includes a recording and a transcript of the entire broadcast of the 
Marty Griffin Show that aired between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on November 22, 2007.8 CBS 
contends, however, that the broadcast in question did not involve an actual contest, but instead was 
a joke, and that the Stations broadcast was not subject to Section 73.1216 of the Commissions 
rules.9 CBS asserts that the broadcast was, at most, a harmless prank, that is neither a contest nor 
a hoax prohibited under the Commissions rules.10  
III.    DISCUSSION
4. Under Section 503(b)(1) of the Act, any person who is determined by the 
Commission to have willfully or repeatedly failed to comply with any provision of the Act or any 
rule, regulation, or order issued by the Commission shall be liable to the United States for a 
forfeiture penalty.11 Section 312(f)(1) of the Act defines willful as the conscious and deliberate 
commission or omission of [any] act, irrespective of any intent to violate the law.12 The 
legislative history to Section 312(f)(1) of the Act clarifies that this definition of willful applies to 
both Sections 312 and 503(b) of the Act,13 and the Commission has so interpreted the term in the 
Section 503(b) context.14 The Commission may also assess a forfeiture for violations that are 
  
5 Id.  
6 See Letter from Jennifer A. Lewis, Assistant Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement 
Bureau, to Anne Lucey, Senior Vice President CBS Corp., dated December 10, 2007 (the LOI).  
7 See Letter from Dennis P. Corbett, Leventhal Senter & Lerman PLLC, to Jennifer A. Lewis, Investigations 
and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, dated January 16, 2008 (LOI Response).  The Complainant 
did not file a formal reply to the LOI Response, but only an email stating that his response is that he stands 
with [his] original statement.  See Email from Complainant to Jennifer A. Lewis, dated January 29, 2008.
8 See LOI Response at 2 & attached Recording and Transcript.
9 See id.  CBS asserts that host Marty Griffin unilaterally conceived, on the spur of the moment, and then 
executed, on air, a joke. Id. In addition, CBS submitted electronic mail correspondence between Mr. Griffin 
and the Complainant, whereby Mr. Griffin states that $1,000,000 prize was a joke.  See LOI Response at 
attachment labeled Inquiry 8.
10 See id. at 6-7 (citing Amendment of Part 73 Regarding Broadcast Hoaxes, Report and Order, 7 FCC Rcd 
4106, 4109  18 (1992)).  We agree that the broadcast at issue does not implicate the Commissions broadcast 
hoax rule.  See 47 C.F.R.  73.1217.  That rule is explicitly limited to prohibit the broadcast of false 
information concerning a crime or catastrophe if the licensee knows the information is false, it is foreseeable 
that the broadcast will cause substantial public harm, and the broadcast in fact directly causes substantial 
public harm.  The broadcast at issue here included admittedly false information, but did not concern a crime or 
catastrophe and thus the broadcast hoax rule does not apply.   
11 See 47 U.S.C.  503(b)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R.  1.80(a)(1).  
12 47 U.S.C.  312(f)(1).
13 See H.R. Rep. No. 97-765, 97th Cong. 2d Sess. 51 (1982).
14 See, e.g., Southern California Broadcasting Co., Memorandum Opinion and Order, 6 FCC Rcd 4387, 4388 
(1991).
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merely repeated, and not willful.15 Repeated means that the act was committed or omitted more 
than once, or lasts more than one day.16 In order to impose such a penalty, the Commission must 
issue a notice of apparent liability, the notice must be received, and the person against whom the 
notice has been issued must have an opportunity to show, in writing, why no such penalty should 
be imposed.17 The Commission will then issue a forfeiture if it finds, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, that the person has willfully or repeatedly violated the Act or a Commission rule.18 As 
described in greater detail below, we conclude under this procedure that CBS is apparently liable 
for a forfeiture for its apparent willful violation of Section 73.1216 of the Commission's rules.
5. Section 73.1216 of the Commission's rules provides that [a] licensee that 
broadcasts or advertises information about a contest it conducts shall fully and accurately disclose 
the material terms of the contest, and shall conduct the contest substantially as announced or 
advertised.  No contest description shall be false, misleading, or deceptive with respect to any 
material term.19 Material terms under the rule include those factors which define the operation 
of the contest and which affect participation therein,20 and generally include, among other things, 
[instructions on] how to enter or participate; eligibility restrictions; . . . whether prizes can be  
won; when prizes can be won; . . .  the extent, nature and value of prizes; time and means of 
selection of winners; . . . .21
6. Licensees, as public trustees, have the affirmative obligation to prevent the 
broadcast of false, misleading or deceptive contest announcements,22 and to conduct their contests 
substantially as announced.23 A broadcast announcement concerning a contest is false, misleading, 
or deceptive if the net impression of the announcement has a tendency to mislead the public.24 In 
  
15 See, e.g., Callais Cablevision, Inc., Grand Isle, Louisiana, Notice of Apparent Liability for Monetary 
Forfeiture, 16 FCC Rcd 1359, 1362,  10 (2001) (Callais Cablevision) (issuing a Notice of Apparent 
Liability for, inter alia, a cable television operators repeated signal leakage). 
16 Southern California Broadcasting Co., 6 FCC Rcd at 4388,  5; Callais Cablevision, Inc., 16 FCC Rcd at 
1362,  9.
17 47 U.S.C.  503(b); 47 C.F.R.  1.80(f).
18 See, e.g., SBC Communications, Inc., Forfeiture Order, 17 FCC Rcd 7589, 7591  4 (2002) (forfeiture paid). 
19 47 C.F.R.  73.1216.
20 Id. Note 1(b).  
21 Id.
22 See WMJX, Inc. (Station WMJX-FM), Decision, 85 FCC 2d 251, 269 (1981) (holding that proof of actual 
deception is not necessary to find violations of contest rules, and that the licensee, as a public trustee, has an 
affirmative obligation to prevent the broadcast of false, misleading or deceptive contest announcements); 
Amendment of Part 73 of the Commissions Rules Relating to Licensee-Conducted Contests, Report and 
Order, 60 FCC 2d 1072 (1976). 
23 See Headliner Radio, Inc. (Station KSXY-FM), Memorandum Opinion and Order, 8 FCC Rcd 2962 (Mass 
Media Bur. 1993) (finding that the airing of a misleading advertisement concerning a licensees contest 
violated the Commission contest rules because the contest was not then conducted substantially as 
announced or advertised); Lincoln Dellar (Stations KPRL(AM) and KDDB(FM)), Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, 8 FCC Rcd 2582, 2585 (Mass Media Bur. 1993) (finding that the cancellation of a pre-announced 
contest violated the pertinent Commission rules because the contest was not then conducted substantially as 
announced).  
24 WMJX Inc., 85 FCC 2d at 269-270, n.82 (citing Eastern Broadcasting Corp. (Station WCVS(AM)),
Decision, 14 FCC 2d 228, 229 (1968)). 
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enforcing this rule, the Enforcement Bureau has repeatedly held that licensees are responsible for 
broadcasting accurate statements as to the nature and value of contest prizes, and will be held 
accountable for any announcement that tends to mislead the public.25
7. CBS asserts that there was no contest and no $1,000,000 giveaway on Station 
KDKA on the morning of November 26, 2007, and that there is no evidence that any caller believed 
that he or she had won $1,000,000 from the Station.26 Rather, CBS contends that Mr. Griffins 
joke (the Griffin Idea) was a harmless prank -- an attempt to enliven what [Mr. Griffin] 
expected to be an extremely quiet Thanksgiving morning broadcast with an extended joke revolving 
around what he considered the laughably absurd idea that he would randomly give away to the 13th
caller that morning a million dollars . . . .27  CBS further states that Mr. Griffins show on Station 
KDKA is an established news/talk show, which has no cash giveaway component, and notes that 
neither Griffins conception, nor his execution, of the Griffin Idea meets with [CBSs] internal 
broadcast standards, and [CBS] has taken appropriate action in an effort to prevent recurrence.28  
For these reasons, CBS asserts that the broadcast was not a contest for purposes of Section 73.1216, 
and as such, the complaint should be summarily dismissed.
8. Specifically, CBS claims that there is sufficient evidence in the record to support a 
finding that the Griffin Idea was a joke or prank that could not be seriously regarded as a licensee-
sponsored contest.  CBS offers the following evidence from the broadcast itself in support of its 
argument that the public should have known the contest announcement was a joke:  (1) the 
absurdity of the idea that this news/talk station would give away one million dollars without any 
promotion; (2) Mr. Griffins frequent laughter when discussing the idea of giving away one million 
dollars; (3) the preposterous details concerning the prize money, such as including information that 
the money was in the form of new bills contained in a barrel at the station or that it was in a 
briefcase secured by handcuffs; (4) Mr. Griffins repeated claim, through the end of the three hour 
show, that fewer than thirteen calls had been received, even though more than fifty listeners had 
called the station; and (5) the fact that no thirteenth caller was identified and no caller mentioned the 
$1,000,000 prize on the air.29
9. We disagree with CBSs contention that Section 73.1216 of the Commissions 
rules should not apply simply because the Station viewed the broadcast as a prank or joke.  Section 
73.1216 provides that [a] contest is a scheme in which a prize is offered or awarded, based on 
chance, diligence, knowledge or skill, to members of the public.30 CBS does not deny -- and the 
recording and transcript of the broadcast clearly demonstrate -- that Mr. Griffin offered listeners an
opportunity to win $1,000,000 based on the chance that they would be the thirteenth caller.  The 
transcript of the broadcast further illustrates that Mr. Griffin repeatedly made on-air announcements 
  
25 See e.g., Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc. (Station WRUM(FM)), Notice of Apparent Liability for 
Forfeiture, 21 FCC Rcd 6808, 6809 (Investigations & Hearings Div., Enf. Bur. 2006) (forfeiture paid); 
Citicasters Co. (Station KITT(FM)), Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, 15 FCC Rcd 16612, 16613-
614 (Enf. Bur. 2000) (forfeiture paid); Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.(Station KPRR(FM), Notice 
of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, 15 FCC Rcd 2734, 2735 (Enf. Bur. 2000) (forfeiture paid).
26 See LOI Response at 3-4.
27 See id at 7, 2.
28 Id. at 2.
29 See id. at 3-4.
30 47 C.F.R.  73.1216, Note 1(a).
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regarding the $1,000,000 giveaway during the three-hour program.31 Mr. Griffin made no statement 
on-air to clarify that the offer was a joke or prank, and, instead called the contest the real deal,32
and took calls from the listening public, several of whom asked on the air whether they were the 
winning caller.33 The recording and transcript also make perfectly clear that the public was in fact 
misled by the contest announcements.  Mr. Griffin himself admitted during the broadcast that 
several individuals placed follow-up calls to the Station to complain that they had not won the 
$1,000,000 prize despite having been the thirteenth caller.34  
10. Section 73.1216 was implemented to proscribe broadcasting practices that deceive 
audiences or are unfair to competitors, and thus is intended to protect listeners from the type of 
deceptive and misleading contest announcements broadcast by Station KDKA.35 Although CBS 
claims that material from the broadcast itself supports its argument that Section 73.1216 does not 
apply here, the material that CBS identifies highlights the deceptive nature of the broadcast 
concerning a purported $1,000,000 giveaway.  In addition, CBSs argument places the burden on a 
listener to discern that the contest was not legitimate despite the repeated on-air announcements 
offering the $1,000,000 prize.  For example, CBS argues that listeners should have known that a 
contest of this magnitude would not have been offered without advance promotion and on a day 
when listenership was low.  This assumes that the show attracts only regular listeners, and excludes 
the possibility that others, including those traveling in the stations service area, may have been 
listening.  CBSs argument also disregards the possibility that not all listeners and callers may have 
heard the portions of the broadcast in which there was laughter and discussion of the absurd or 
inconsistent details concerning the location and source of the prize money.  It also assumes that all 
listeners are savvy with regard to the ordinary promotional practices for broadcast contests. 
11. The relevant focus of the analysis under the rule is the announcements impact on 
the public, and not the announcers state of mind.36 With regard to what constitutes a false, 
misleading or deceptive announcement, it is enough if the net impression of the announcement has a 
tendency to mislead the public.37 While Mr. Griffin may have believed the contest was a joke, in 
light of the number of announcements made referring to the $1,000,000 giveaway, and the number 
  
31 See LOI Response, Transcript at 6-10, 23, 27, 34, 36, 52, 57, 68, 72, 90 and 150-151 (quoting Transcript 
Oh, you know, before I left yesterday, uh, the boss called and said The 13th caller, given them a million 
dollars  (laughing)  so thats what were going to do.  Its right here in a barrel.  Every hour, its a three-
hour show, they gave us three million dollars to give away on Thanksgiving.  And this is the real deal, we 
would not mess around. Transcript at 7.  The truth is, its a big old surprise for me.  We have a big million-
dollar giveaway.  We have a million dollars in Matts briefcase, and were apparently supposed to give it 
away.  And were talking to you, Pittsburgh []. Transcript at 34).
32 See LOI Response, Transcript at 7
33 See id., Transcript at 12, 17, 29. 
34 See id., Transcript at 52:  A couple of questions I have and then Im going to the phones, because we still 
have not given away the million dollars cash  cash.  And, and, quit calling and complaining in  to the 
newsroom on Thanksgiving.  People complaining that they were the 13th caller.  Why would we, if youre the 
13th caller, not tell you youre the winner?  Come on! These old folks call in the newsroom, I think I won and 
Mr. Griffin said I wasnt the 13th .  I counted on my abacus.                
35 See Amendment of Part 73 of the Commissions Rules Relating to Licensee-Conducted Contests, Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, 53 FCC 2d 934, 934-935  3 (1975), proposed rule adopted in pertinent part, Report 
and Order, 60 FCC 2d 1072 (1976). 
36 See WMJX, 85 FCC 2d at 269-270.
37 Id.  
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of callers who responded to the announcements (including the Complainant), the public was led to 
believe, and clearly did believe, that a contest was occurring at the Station.  Moreover, CBS cannot 
avoid application of Section 73.1216 because the Station staff on duty during the broadcast 
independently concluded that the broadcast was a joke, and informed callers that there was no 
$1,000,000 prize being offered.  The Bureau has consistently ruled that other broadcast pranks 
which met Section 73.1216s contest definition violated the Commissions rule prohibiting the 
broadcast of false, misleading or deceptive contest announcements.38  Based upon the evidence 
before us, we find that CBSs broadcast at issue was, indeed, a contest subject Section 73.1216 of 
the Commission's rules.   
12. Having established that the Station broadcast a contest subject to Section 73.1216, 
we find that CBS apparently violated Section 73.1216 by not fully and accurately disclosing the 
material terms of its contest, and by not conducting the contest substantially as announced.39  CBS 
admits that Station KDKA broadcast multiple announcements, offering $1,000,000 to the thirteenth 
caller to contact the Station.  The Station, however, did not award any $1,000,000 prize, although 
over 50 callers contacted the Station.  At the end of the broadcast, Mr. Griffin also announced that 
the Station never got to the 13th caller, and that the contest carries over and that the Station 
would try to get to it again tomorrow.40 In fact, the contest was not continued, and CBS states 
that the Griffin Idea simply died.41 Therefore, we find that CBS did not conduct the contest 
substantially as announced in violation of Section 73.1216.
13. Based upon the evidence before us, we find that Station KDKA apparently 
willfully violated Section 73.1216 of the Commissions rules.  The Commissions Forfeiture
Forfeiture Policy Statement sets a base forfeiture amount of $4,000 for violation of Section 
73.1216.42 In assessing the monetary forfeiture amount, we must take into account the statutory 
factors set forth in Section 503(b)(2)(E) of the Act,43 which include the nature, circumstances, 
extent, and gravity of the violation, and with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any 
history or prior offenses, ability to pay, and other such matters as justice may require.44 Taking 
this standard into account, and based upon the facts and circumstances presented here, we find 
that a forfeiture in the amount of $6,000 is appropriate in this case.  Based upon the entire record, 
including the egregious nature of the misconduct that misled listeners and CBSs prior history of 
  
38 See, e.g., Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc. (Station WRUM(FM)), 21 FCC Rcd 6808 (finding a 
Section 73.1216 violation for prank contest in which broadcaster induced listeners to call a rival station); 
Citicasters, Co. (Station KITT(FM)), 15 FCC Rcd 16612 (finding that failure to disclose a $1,000,000 prize as 
1,000,000 Turkish lira violated Section 73.1216); Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc. (Station 
KPRR(FM), 15 FCC Rcd 2734 (finding that failure to disclose a $10,000 prize as 10,000 Italian lira violated 
Section 73.1216).
39 See 47 C.F.R.  73.1216.
40 See Complaint; LOI Response, Transcript at 150-51.  
41 See LOI Response at 5.
42 See Commissions Forfeiture Policy Statement and Amendment of Section 1.80 of the Rules to Incorporate 
the Forfeiture Guidelines, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 17087, 17113 (1997), recon. denied, 15 FCC Rcd 
303 (1999) (Forfeiture Policy Statement).
43 See 47 C.F.R.  1.80(b).
44 47 U.S.C.  503(b)(2)(E); 47 C.F.R.  1.80(b)(4).
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violations of Section 73.1216,45 we conclude that an upward adjustment of the forfeiture amount 
is warranted in this case.  Thus we find that the appropriate forfeiture amount is $6,000.46  
IV. ORDERING CLAUSES
14. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Act,47
and Sections 0.111, 0.311, and 1.80(f)(4) of the Commissions rules,48 that CBS Radio East Inc. 
is hereby NOTIFIED of its APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE in the amount of 
$6,000 for apparently willfully and repeatedly violating Section 73.1216 of the Commissions 
rules.49
15. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 1.80 of the Commissions 
rules, that within thirty (30) days of the release of this NAL, CBS Radio East Inc. SHALL PAY
the full amount of the proposed forfeiture or SHALL FILE a written statement seeking reduction 
or cancellation of the proposed forfeiture.
16. Payment of the forfeiture must be made by check or similar instrument, payable 
to the order of the Federal Communications Commission.  The payment must include the 
NAL/Account Number and FRN Number referenced above.  Payment by check or money order 
may be mailed to Federal Communications Commission, P.O. Box 979088, St. Louis, MO 
63197-9000.  Payment by overnight mail may be sent to U.S. Bank  Government Lockbox 
#979088, SL-MO-C2-GL, 1005 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63101.  Payment by wire 
transfer may be made to ABA Number 021030004, receiving bank TREAS/NYC, and account 
number 27000001.  For payment by credit card, an FCC Form 159 (Remittance Advice) must be 
submitted. When completing the FCC Form 159, enter the NAL/Account number in block 
number 23A (call sign/other ID), and enter the letters FORF in block number 24A (payment 
type code).  Requests for full payment under an installment plan should be sent to: Chief 
Financial Officer  Financial Operations, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 1-A625, Washington, 
D.C. 20554.  Please contact the Financial Operations Group Help Desk at 1-877-480-3201 or 
Email: ARINQUIRIES@fcc.gov with any questions regarding payment procedures.  CBS Radio 
East Inc. will also send electronic notification on the date said payment is made to 
Hillary.DeNigro@fcc.gov, Ben.Bartolome@fcc.gov, and Melanie.Godschall@fcc.gov.
17. The response, if any, must be mailed to Hillary S. DeNigro, Chief, Investigations 
and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th 
Street, SW, Room 4-C330, Washington, D.C. 20554, and must include the NAL/Account 
Number referenced above.  In addition, to the extent practicable, a copy of the response, if any, 
should also be transmitted via e-mail to Hillary.DeNigro@fcc.gov, Ben.Bartolome@fcc.gov, and 
Melanie.Godschall@fcc.gov.
  
45 See, e.g., CBS Radio Inc. of Philadelphia (WIP(AM)), Forfeiture Order, 23 FCC Rcd 10569 (Investigations  
& Hearings Div., Enf. Bur. 2007) (finding a $4000 forfeiture for violation of Section 73.1216), recon. 
pending.  
46 See, e.g., Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc. (Station WRUM(FM)), 21 FCC Rcd at 6811  9 
(imposing upward adjustment based upon egregious nature of apparent violation of Section 73.1216 and 
licensees history of violations of the Commissions rules, including the licensee-conducted contest rule)
47 See 47 U.S.C.  503(b).
48 See 47 C.F.R.  0.111, 0.311 and 1.80(f)(4).
49 See 47 C.F.R.  73.1216.
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18. The Commission will not consider reducing or canceling a forfeiture in response 
to a claim of inability to pay unless the respondent submits: (1) federal tax returns for the most 
recent three-year period; (2) financial statements prepared according to generally accepted 
accounting practices (GAAP); or (3) some other reliable and objective documentation that 
accurately reflects the respondents current financial status.  Any claim of inability to pay must 
specifically identify the basis for the claim by reference to the financial documentation submitted.
19. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that the Complaint in this proceeding IS 
GRANTED, and the Complaint proceeding IS HEREBY TERMINATED.50
20. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that copies of this NAL shall be sent, by First 
Class Mail and Certified Mail - Return Receipt Requested, to Anne Lucey, Senior Vice President, 
CBS Corporation, 2175 K Street, N.W., Suite 350, Washington, DC. 20037 and to its counsel, 
Dennis P. Corbett, Esquire, Leventhal Senter & Lerman PLLC, 2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600, 
Washington, DC 20006, and by First Class mail to the Complainant.  
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Hillary S. DeNigro
Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division
Enforcement Bureau
  
50 Consistent with Section 503(b) of the Act and consistent Commission practice, for the purposes of the 
forfeiture proceeding initiated by this NAL, CBS Radio East. Inc. shall be the only party to this proceeding.