FCC has ‘no statutory authority... to override’ provisions of 199...
FCC has “no statutory authority… to override” provisions of 1996 Telecom Act on consolidation of radio station ownership in local markets, NAB said. In reply comments (MM Doc. 01-317), NAB said Congress “quite plainly established” number of stations that…
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could be owned according to size of any given market. “Particularly,” Assn. said, Commission can’t rely on public interest standard of Communications Act “to nullify the specific judgments that Congress made.” NAB submitted study by BIA Financial Network that Assn. said, “unequivocally demonstrates” that ownership consolidation has led to greater diversity of radio programming in local markets.