Lobbying Group: FCC Should Tighten Oversight on Leased Access Rules

LOBBYING GROUP: FCC SHOULD TIGHTEN OVERSIGHT ON LEASED ACCESS RULES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Charlie Stogner, head of the Leased Access Programmers Association, has been lobbying the Federal Communications Commission for years to tighten its oversight and enforcement of leased access rules. The commission last month voted to do just that, and lower rates as well. But with no order to go on, Stogner remains concerned about Media Bureau follow-through and cable market power. He sent a letter to the Senate Commerce Committee saying "the Media Bureau rather than assist [leased access programmers] in continuing to have local channels, appears to always defend the cable giants' action."
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