MAP Files Two Petitions to Deny Licence Renewal in Chicago and Milwaukee

The Media Access Project has filed two Petitions to Deny licence renewal to all commercial broadcasters in the Chicago and Milwaukee markets. MAP monitored all broadcast newscasts one month before the 2004 election to examine coverage of state and local elections. The data was analyzed by a nationally prominent researcher and showed that singly and together, the television stations in Chicago and Milwaukee failed to cover non-federal election issues. “No coverage at all of local elections can not be comported with [FCC] localism requirements,” said MAP President and CEO Andrew Schwartzman.
http://www.mediaaccess.org/
* Chicago petition: http://www.mediaaccess.org/ChicagoPetitionToDenyFinal.pdf
* Milwaukee petition: http://www.mediaaccess.org/MilwaukreeFinal.pdf

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