Some questions remain about whether the FCC has authority to...
Some questions remain about whether the FCC has authority to require TV stations to publish certain information from their political files online, NAB General Counsel Jane Mago told Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake in a phone call Monday, a filing…
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said (http://xrl.us/bmy6dh). “At the very least, there is no requirement that broadcaster public or political files or sensitive rate information be put online.” The commission “has the authority to decide, as it did in 2007, that portions of the public file should not be put online,” the notice said, and “the information needed for public scrutiny (as opposed to information aimed mainly at candidates) is available on the Federal Elections Commission website, which Congress clearly intended to be the locus for election information.” Members of the Nevada Broadcasters Association also held a recent meeting at the FCC about putting political files online.