Connecticut Channel Move Shouldn't Be Allowed, PMCM Says
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc. failed to address substantive points raised in a PMCM application for review (see 1906070074) appealing CPBI’s move of WEDW Stamford, Connecticut, from Bridgeport, replied PMCM, posted Tuesday. CPBI didn’t sufficiently show FCC partial lifting of a…
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2004 freeze on such petitions enabled the move, the commercial broadcaster said. The move will also have a public service cost because WEDW will lose 1 million viewers from its service area, PMCM said. The FCC should also consider the viewer loss of WZME Bridgeport, which channel shares with WEDW, PMCM said. The people of Connecticut are suffering “a double whammy” from the move by losing two stations, it said.