2004 Recon Petition Foreign Ownership Guidelines Dismissed as Moot
The FCC International Bureau dismissed as moot a Dec. 17, 2004, petition by Wilkinson Barker seeking review of Foreign Ownership Guidelines issued the previous month. The law firm sought reconsideration of the rules as applied to common carrier and aeronautical…
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radio station applicants, licensees and spectrum lessees, the bureau said Monday. Wilkinson Barker asked the agency to revise the guidelines to say the stricter review requirements in Communications Act Section 310(b)(3) apply only to direct foreign ownership of licensees and that Section 310(b)(4) applies to all indirect foreign ownership. “Since the filing of the Petition, the Commission has adopted a forbearance approach to section 310(b)(3),” the bureau explained.