FCC Mass Media Bureau should have ‘considered other options’ rath...
FCC Mass Media Bureau should have “considered other options” rather than approve sale of Titus Bcstg. radio stations in Binghamton, N.Y., to Clear Channel, FCC Comr. Tristani said. In statement, she said Bureau could have decided market would support…
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only 2 competitors, considered whether enough effort was made to find other buyer or to use failing station principle. Tristani said approval meant 2 radio station groups owned stations with 91.2% of Binghamton ad market: “Duopolies like this make it significantly more likely that there will be no real competition for advertising revenue.” Because questions weren’t asked, she said, agency never will know whether duopoly was inevitable or whether decision was “simply another case of regulatory malfeasance by the FCC.”