The whole point is that these are NOT court-ordered fines, only administrative
penalties that can only be enforced by whining to credit agencies or witholding
licenses-wait a minute, WHAT license?

Wrong. The FCC has several means of collecting fines:

1) Withholding action on any or all applications of the licensee pending before
the Commission until any outstanding fines are paid.

2) Turning unpaid fines over to the US Attorney having jurisdiction over the
fined party's last known address.

3) In turn, the US Attorney can obtain a court order attaching monies or assets
sufficient to pay the fine.

Even CRIMINAL fines imposed buy federal courts statistically go 90%
uncollected.

Proof?