Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., flagged potentially high costs of an...
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., flagged potentially high costs of an FCC proposal requiring TV stations to post political ad files online. The proposal “makes no mention of the costs associated with the creation and ongoing maintenance that will be required…
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with this new database,” he said in a Feb. 6 letter. The agency doesn’t take into account the proposal’s impact on small businesses, he said. Forcing broadcasters to compile a list of all sponsorship identifications “is a burdensome and unnecessary new recordkeeping requirement for stations,” Burr said. The senator asked the FCC to send him an estimate of costs to government and industry. Eight other senators last week backed the FCC’s plan, which may be put to a commissioner vote next month (CD Feb 23 p12).