FCC Drops Open Meeting Agenda

The Federal Communications Commission will NOT consider any of the items announced last week at its open meeting Oct 15. Instead, the FCC will hold a meeting as part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Pediatric Obesity Conference. The Commissioners will listen to witnesses discussing a host of issues surrounding childhood obesity including the impact and role media serve in the area of children's health, the causes of pediatric obesity, and ways to increase awareness of and promote healthy lifestyles among children and teens. The commission had been scheduled to vote on seven items, including granting must-carry status to Class A low-power stations. But the Class A item was pulled late Tuesday, as was another item on public safety communications. The other five items already have been approved on circulation (a vote not at the public meeting) by the five commissioners.