Dorgan, Lott Ask Martin to Slow Down on Media Ownership Review

DORGAN, LOTT ASK MARTIN TO SLOW DOWN ON RULE REVIEW
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Here's the first delivery of wood. Sens Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Trent Lott (R-Miss) on Thursday sent FCC Chairman Kevin Martin a letter asking him to delay a decision on media ownership rules until a separate proceeding on the effects of consolidation on broadcast localism can be fully vetted. They also asked the Commission to propose rules related to the localism report and then to give commenters "at least 90 days" prior to a vote on a general media ownership rule rewrite. Chairman Martin had earlier agreed to "fully include" the localism findings in the overall media ownership review, but Sens Dorgan and Lott have long called for a separate localism review on its own track and timetable.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6492521.html?desc=topstory

* Senators Seek to Delay FCC Vote (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR200710...

* Senators urge FCC to go slow on media ownership
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20071019/fcc19.art.htm

* Dorgan Working Up Media-Ownership Bill
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Sen Byron Dorgan (D-ND) is working quickly on a bill dealing with media-ownership rules the Federal Communications Commission is currently reviewing.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6492609.html?rssid=193