Same-market broadcaster/newspaper owners said that after what may be the...
Same-market broadcaster/newspaper owners said that after what may be the last round of comments on media ownership before a draft FCC order is voted on (CD Jan 11 p16), docket 09-182 still has “no empirical data to substantiate the few…
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generalized claims made about the newspaper/radio rule.” The companies, Bonneville International and Scranton Times LP, want the order to allow future common ownership, such as what those companies now have, but some nonprofit groups opposed deregulation. “The record contains widespread agreement that access to capital is the most significant barrier to entry that confronts minorities, women, and other aspirants hoping to own broadcast stations,” said a Bonneville and Scranton Times ex parte filing posted Friday to the docket (http://xrl.us/boaeqe). The filing said lawyers for the two companies asked in a meeting with Media Bureau officials that the commission “focus its efforts on initiatives designed to help open greater access to financing and operational support."