Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc. is a broadcasting company, with 14 radio stations in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nevada. It's 100% owned by Jan Charles Gray, who lives in Los Angeles.
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FCC Troubles
Since the station's change of ownership from "Elk Mountain Broadcasting" to current owner "Mount Rushmore Broadcasting", six of their stations have received huge fines. Most recent penalties include a $20,000 fine for "failing to maintain the operational readiness of the EAS (Emergency Readiness System) equipment (see FCC Rules/11.35(a)), as well as other equipment issues and violations and failure to maintain a complete public records file."
Sources connected to the FCC say that more and significantly higher fines/penalties are forthcoming. They continue by stating that any station owned or operated by Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting will "not likely" have their licenses renewed once they expire, due to the history of "past violations and cavalier attitude(s) towards following and maintaining" rules and regulations, and that this and other Mt. Rushmore stations could have their broadcasting rights taken away "at almost any moment."
Casper, Wyoming
Rawlins, Wyoming
Custer, South Dakota
Hot Springs, South Dakota
*Off the air.