FCC is scrutinizing details of TV stations' agreement

The Federal Communications Commission is taking a fine-toothed-comb look at the merged operations of KGMB-TV, KHNL-TV and KFVE-TV in Honolulu (Hawaii). In a letter to the stations' owners yesterday, the commission requested "complete, unredacted" copies of documents previously filed by Raycom Media Inc. and MCG Capital Corp. in response to a complaint by Media Council Hawaii. The commission also wants the station owners to explain aspects of the agreements that seem to indicate that cross-ownership interests already exist, which would be a violation of FCC rules.