The Tuesday FCC meeting will be heavy on media items. Five of the...
The Tuesday FCC meeting will be heavy on media items. Five of the agenda’s seven items concern cable and broadcast rulemakings. The most controversial may be a rulemaking that deregulates cross-ownership rules. (See separate report in this issue.) The…
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commissioners also will vote on a report on how well broadcasters serve their communities, the FCC said late Tuesday. That report, which includes no rules, gives an overview of the issue and a rulemaking notice, said commission officials. And the commissioners will vote on an order on minority media ownership and a rulemaking notice on sponsorship identification. The proposed order would approve more than a dozen measures billed as helping minorities and women buy radio and TV stations, agency officials have said. Also set for a vote is an order capping at 30 percent the proportion of U.S. pay-TV subscribers that one cable company can serve. The FCC also will consider a notice of proposed rulemaking to settle a decade-long interference dispute in the 2.3 GHz band between Wireless Communications Service and satellite radio. The rulemaking likely will be short on tentative conclusions, mainly seeking comment on rules proposed separately for the band by Sirius and the WCS Coalition. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin began circulating the item Nov. 20 (CD Nov 16 p5).