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WASHINGTON Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is launching an internal probe of what happened to two studies of media consolidation the agency kept from the public.
The action was disclosed this week in a letter from Martin to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who recently has revealed two internal FCC studies.
Boxer last week said a 2004 study that concluded local station ownership boosts the amount of local TV news had been “stifled,” and in a Monday letter to Martin she said it appeared the FCC had “shelved” its own 2003 study that found increasing concentration in radio ownership.
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