denied by CHRO and SVP of Human Resources Todd McCarty. McCarty was of no help and deemed them as a danger to the workplace. McCarty responded to multiple exemptions with the same exact response. While not every employee at Cumulus Media is an on-air personality, he responded to every employee addressing their job position and title as an on-air personality. These exemption letters were not given proper consideration nor taken seriously. McCarty was not fired. In December 2021, political commentator, radio show host, and author Dan Bongino, who has railed against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, volunteered in an interview with The New Yorker and said that he was vaccinated against COVID-19 upon advice of his doctor. He threatened to quit over the mandate. FCC actions On December 30, 2008, Cumulus Media was issued a $14,000 Notice of Apparent Liability by the Federal Communications Commission related to the stations in the Macon, Georgia cluster. According to the FCC, Cumulus failed to comply with record-keeping requirements and its Equal Employment Opportunity rules regarding information on recruitment sources. Cumulus, along with two other companies, had 30 days to pay or file a statement asking for reduction or cancellation of the forfeitures. In January 2016, the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau reached a "record-setting" $540,000 settlement with Cumulus over sponsorship identification in radio ads promoting a proposed energy project, reported to be the largest payment in FCC history for a single-station violation of the Commission's sponsorship ID laws. In August 2019, the FCC proposed Cumulus Media pay another $233,000 fine for additional violations of its sponsorship identification rules and not reporting them to the FCC after agreeing to do so under its 2016 consent decree. Restatements On March 17, 2000, the company was forced to restate revenue and broadcast cash flow for three-quarters of 1999 after discovering that some of its sales force had prematurely booked revenue to meet sales goals. On November 8, 2005, the company decided to amend and restate its results for the second quarter of 2005. See also List of radio stations owned by Cumulus Media References External links Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Atlanta Mass media companies established in 1997 Oaktree Capital Management Companies listed on the Nasdaq Cumulus Media radio stations Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017