Lifting Radio Ownership Caps Would Hurt Diversity, Says MMTC
Lifting radio ownership caps would frustrate FCC AM revitalization and hurt broadcast diversity, said the Multimedia Internet and Telecom Council in replies posted Wednesday in docket 18-349. “The effect this policy would have on smaller, diverse broadcasters would ultimately place…
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them at risk of being pushed out,” said MMTC of an NAB proposal to relax subcap limits. MMTC also objected to NAB arguments against a proposal to require diversity in broadcaster procurement practices. NAB's claims Congress never intended broadcasters to follow such policies or that the FCC doesn't have the authority to enact the proposal are incorrect and “illogical,” MMTC said. MMTC proposals for metrics to calculate diversity should be considered, the filing said. The economic formulas “could allow the FCC to make less arbitrary decisions,” it said.