FCC Open Meeting Friday

[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on the subjects listed below on Friday, October 28, 2005, which is scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Commission will consider: 1) a First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the Emergency Alert System rules, 2) a Report and Order to adopt rules for satellite carriage of "significantly viewed" television stations pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act (SHVERA), 3) the AT&T-SBC merger and 4) the Verizon-MCI merger. (RE: items #3&4, see story below.) Cupcakes and lemonade will NOT be provided, but you can watch online at www.fcc.gov/realaudio.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-261760A1.doc