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FCC MEDIA OWNERSHIP HEARING IN TAMPA
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
On March 13, the FCC announced it would hold a media ownership hearing in Tampa, Florida. On Friday, more details were offered. The hearing will be held Monday, April 30 from 4-11pm at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. The purpose of the hearing is to fully involve the public in the process of the 2006 Quadrennial Broadcast Media Ownership Review that the Commission is currently conducting. The hearing is open to the public, and seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. This hearing is the fourth in a series of media ownership hearings the Commission intends to hold across the country. There will be a period for public comment following panel discussions. Further details including names of the panelists will be released prior to the hearing. For additional information about the hearing, please visit the FCC's website at http://www.fcc.gov/ownership. Press inquiries should be directed to Clyde Ensslin, at 202-418-0506, or David Fiske, at 202-418-0513.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-272326A1.doc

FCC ASKS CLEAR CHANNEL FOR SUGGESTIONS ON MEDIA PANEL
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
A public filing indicates that Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate asked Clear Channel Communications for suggestions for professors at the University of South Florida for a panel "on younger listening habits." The FCC has scheduled its next public hearing on its national media ownership rules to take place at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Florida on April 30th. The April 12th Clear Channel filing says that on April 6th, Republican Commissioner Tate met with the media giant and a group of Tennessee broadcasters to discuss their opposition to the proposed XM/Sirius satellite radio merger. During the conversation, Tate also presented Clear Channel with a request "for contacts at The University of South Florida in Tampa to potentially help set up a panel to discuss younger listening habits," according to the Clear Channel response. It isn't clear from the filing, but seems likely, that Tate was referring to a potential panel for the media ownership hearing scheduled for Tampa. Clear Channel's Vice President Tom English then forwarded the question to the company's Tampa Market Manager, Dan Diloreto, who came up with the following suggestions and descriptions: 1) Edward Jay Friedlander "Professor specializing in mass communications and society." 2) Kenneth C. Killebrew Jr. "Associate Professor specializing in television reporting, writing public policy and opinion." 3) Larry Z. Leslie "Associate Professor specializing in media ethics, mass comm. theory and impact on society." 4) Terry Hynes, Ph.D. "Dean and Professor College of Journalism and Comm." 5) Rebecca Hoover "Director of Development College of Journalism and Comm."
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