Nashville is the likely site of the FCC’s 2nd media ownership fie...
Nashville is the likely site of the FCC’s 2nd media ownership field hearing, said lobbyists involved in the issue. A mid-Nov. date is likely, but logistical and scheduling details don’t appear to be finalized, we're told. Locating the meeting…
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in Nashville would continue the trend set by Chmn. Martin’s office of holding the gatherings in towns of interest to other commissioners. The Oct. 3 hearing was in L.A. and nearby El Segundo, where Comr. McDowell’s brother, Mayor Kelly McDowell, welcomed the FCC to town; Comr. Tate lives in the Nashville area. FCC officials wouldn’t comment. Petitioners began filing comments in the Commission’s media ownership rulemaking ahead of a Mon. deadline. The FCC should allow further industry consolidation, said the Media Institute. It proposed increasing the number of TV stations that can be owned by one firm in markets with at least 60 such properties to 10, from 8 now. In the 7 U.S. markets with 75 or more TV stations, broadcasters should be able to own 12. Consumer groups opposing deregulation released a report that said diversity of opinions in 12 states would suffer if ownership limits were increased. “More media mergers in our already highly consolidated media markets will reduce already insufficient local news coverage,” said the Media & Democracy Coalition. Combining L.A.’s largest 2 newspapers with large TV stations under cross ownership, sought by industry groups including the Media Institute, would increase concentration beyond DoJ guidelines, said the consumer coalition.