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Violation Tracker Agency Summary Page

Agency Name: Federal Communications Commission
Penalty Total since 2000: $4,404,117,836
Number of Records: 535
Note: The parent penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the list of individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. Duplicate penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Verizon Communications$954,292,92626
T-Mobile US$608,789,00015
AT&T$346,855,31025
KDDI$81,070,3222
Sinclair Broadcast Group$70,871,2003
Liberty Broadband$45,020,0004
ZVRS$43,016,5273
Lumen Technologies$38,842,00011
Paramount Global$8,942,0005
Audacy Inc.$7,635,0007

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconPenalty Amount
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediamediatelecommunications violation2004$1,750,000
Emmis CommunicationsEmmis Communicationsmediatelecommunications violation2004$14,000
Infinity Broadcasting OperationsAudacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2004$27,500
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiestelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2004$9,000,000
Business Options Inc. telecommunications violation2004$1,280,000
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediamediatelecommunications violation2004$755,000
World Communications Satellite Inc. telecommunications violation2004$560,000
Fax.com telecommunications violation2004$5,379,000
A-O Broadcasting Inc. telecommunications violation2003$25,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2003$780,000
NOS Communications Inc. telecommunications violation2003$1,200,000
AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C. telecommunications violation2003$10,000
Infinity Broadcasting Operations, Inc.Audacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2003$10,000
Radio One Licenses, LLC telecommunications violation2003$10,000
Telemundo of Los Angeles License Corporation telecommunications violation2003$10,000
AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C. telecommunications violation2003$55,000
Infinity BroadcastingAudacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2003$357,500
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2003$1,350,000
Globcom Inc. telecommunications violation2003$806,861
VerizonVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2003$283,800
BellSouth CorporationAT&Ttelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2003$1,400,000
T-Mobile USA Inc.T-Mobile UStelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2003$1,100,000
Western WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2003$200,000
Qwest Communications InternationalLumen Technologiestelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2003$6,500,000
Verizon Telephone CompaniesVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2003$5,700,000
AT&T WirelessAT&Ttelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2002$117,000
AT&T WirelessAT&Ttelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2002$2,000,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2002$6,000,000
WEBNET telecommunications violation2002$1,200,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2002$3,600,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2001$2,520,000
Verizon Long DistanceVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2000$250,000
MCI WorldcomVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2000$3,500,000
Bell Atlantic-New YorkVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2000$27,000,000
MCI WorldcomVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2000$100,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.