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Allbritton Communications’ concern on FCC imposition of a “soviet-style” TV station public-file standardization...

Allbritton Communications’ concern on FCC imposition of a “soviet-style” TV station public-file standardization system (CD Jan 31 p13) only applies to a notice of proposed rulemaking’s proposal to require political ad files go online in a centralized and searchable database,…

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the broadcaster clarified. “Apart from other concerns raised in the proceeding regarding jurisdiction and the wisdom of posting proprietary information online, to the extent that the Commission is not contemplating such a national, government-directed, searchable database, our concerns would be appreciably reduced,” the company said. “Our hope is that the Commission will not pursue its ‘ultimate goal’ preliminarily approved in the NPRM.” Thursday’s filing is in docket 00-168 (http://xrl.us/bmy89z).