NAB, Gannett Blast FCC's Plan

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WASHINGTON Broadcasters and newspaper publishers aren’t content with a plan by Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin to make it easier for one entity to own both types of media properties in a local market.

In documents filed with the commission on Tuesday, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Gannett Co., which publishes 84 local newspapers and USA Today, and 23 network affiliates, among others, told the commission that Martin’s plan is too conservative.

According to the NAB, the FCC needs to annihilate the cross-ownership ban and ease many of the other restrictions such as the one that prohibits one company from owning more than one TV station in a market and further relax radio ownership restrictions.

“Elimination





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