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Broadcasters Request Appeal Extension on Market Modification

The FCC Media Bureau should grant a 26-day extension to Nov. 12 on applications for review of Media Bureau approval of four market modification requests for Franklin, Georgia, said a motion in docket 18-159 Monday from Hearst Television, Nexstar and…

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Meredith. They own stations in South Carolina and North Carolina serving that market. The broadcasters want the extension because another recently approved market modification request -- for Hart County, Georgia -- is “substantially similar,” they said: Since applications for review for all the market modifications are likely to involve the same arguments, “extending the deadline by which the Franklin County Application for Review is due to the same date” as for Hart County AFR “would serve the interests of administrative efficiency and economy.”