Black broadcasters call FCC media ownership proceeding "grossly deficient"

BLACK BROADCASTERS CALL FCC MEDIA OWNERSHIP PROCEEDING "GROSSLY DEFICIENT"
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
A black broadcasters group and Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH coalition have called the Federal Communications Commission's ongoing media ownership proceeding so "grossly deficient at this point" that the two organizations cannot file a complete reply to previous comments yet. Rainbow/PUSH and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) charge that the proceeding fails to address key minority broadcaster issues required by law and by an appeals court decision in 2004. Those issues are: furthering minority ownership, a definition of a "socially and economically disadvantaged business", and identifying "market entry barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses in the provision and ownership of telecommunications services and information services." The groups' filing, dated January 17th, also casts doubt on the scope of media ownership studies commissioned by the FCC in late November. "The brief descriptions of the studies provided by the Commission raise serious questions about whether the studies will cover all necessary subjects or go into the appropriate depth in their examination of those subjects," PUSH and NABOB write.
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