NABOB, MMTC Want Court to Decide if FCC Acted Arbitrarily
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit should decide if the FCC was arbitrary and capricious in not extending cable procurement rules to other industries, said the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council and the National Association of…
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Black Owned Broadcasters in a statement of issues filed (in Pacer) Friday. The MMTC/NABOB's filing is part of the appeal of the FCC quadrennial media ownership review order, and the court will consider their challenges to the order alongside appeals from Prometheus Radio Project and News Media Alliance. Though the case is set to be decided in the D.C. Circuit, all parties in the case have asked that it be moved to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where previous media ownership cases were decided. An unopposed motion to transfer the case was filed by Prometheus last week.