An FCC proposal to end some broadcast proceedings was opposed by...
An FCC proposal to end some broadcast proceedings was opposed by a state broadcast association and six nonprofit groups. A 2004 petition on protecting New Jersey full-power radio stations from interference by translators and low-power outlets, which the Consumer &…
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Governmental Affairs Bureau proposed in February to terminate, shouldn’t be closed out, said the state’s broadcaster group. “Although the Petition was filed almost eight years ago, the Association has yet to receive any response from the Commission,” the New Jersey Broadcasters Association said (http://xrl.us/bm27bi). What’s proposed in a docket opened in 2005 by a commission rulemaking notice on expanding rules about radio and TV stations giving public notice when they're being sold should be adopted, not killed, the nonprofits said. “The objectives of the proceeding are still relevant and are consistent with commission goals of transparency and fostering public participation,” said the Benton Foundation, Free Press, National Hispanic Media Coalition, United Church of Christ and others (http://xrl.us/bm27co). “Requiring public notices of station sales to be posted online and creating a specific site devoted to the process would modernize procedures.” The filings were posted Friday in docket 12-39.