Statement Of Commissioner Ajit Pai On Meeting With WLOO TV

I had the privilege of meeting Pervis Parker, the General Manager and Chief Creative Officer of WLOO TV.

During our conversation, Parker recounted with great pride all that his station had been able to accomplish since it was acquired by Tougaloo College in 2012 -- and made by possible by WLOO’s Joint Sales Agreement (JSA) with another Mississippi station, WDBD.

As Tougaloo College has put it, “the JSA has permitted WLOO to become a real success story, enabling a new, minority station owner to reinvigorate this station and expand its local services.” Parker stated that he was very concerned about what would happen to WLOO if the Federal Communications Commission were effectively to require the station to terminate its JSA.