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Fox Opposes License Renewal Status Change

A Media and Democracy Project (MAD) request to alter the ex parte status of the license renewal proceeding for Fox-owned WTXF-TV Philadelphia is “procedurally improper” and would prejudice Fox’s rights in the renewal process (see 2307180071), said Fox Television Stations…

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in a letter Wednesday. “It is exceedingly rare for the Commission to place a license renewal proceeding under the more permissive procedures for permit-but-disclose proceedings,” the letter said. MAD’s request to change the status of the proceeding “is just one symptom of this fatal flaw of the Petition,” Fox said. “Grant of MAD’s Petition to Deny would fundamentally and unlawfully alter the Commission’s rules and policies governing license renewals, including its well-established character policies.”