MMTC Wants Plan to Take Over EMT Stations to be FCC Policy
The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council doubled down on its proposal to be allowed to operate Entertainment Media Trust’s likely canceled radio stations with a blitz of eighth-floor meetings and a proposal that the FCC adopt MMTC’s plan as…
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a general policy for canceled licenses, said a Monday filing in docket 19-156. The Enforcement Bureau pushed back on MMTC’s plan in a filing last week (see 2003060045). In meetings and calls last week, MMTC discussed the plan with Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey and aides to all five commissioners. Responding to EB criticism, the group said it would operate the EMT stations on an interim basis only and that the unorthodox move was warranted to preserve broadcast service, test the concept of a broadcast incubator, and promote ownership diversity. MB staff asked MMTC if the organization was contemplating a policy of operating canceled and voluntarily surrendered licenses on an interim basis as an incubator program, the filing said. “This is an excellent idea, and we enthusiastically agree,” MMTC said. “We will refer to the relief we seek as a proposed ‘License Cancellation Policy.’”