FCC PPM Investigation Unlikely

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Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin is unlikely to push for an investigation into whether Arbitron’s portable people service harms minority broadcasters.
During a Wednesday midday (Dec. 3) press conference outside his office at FCC headquarters in Washington, D.C., Martin told nearly 40 reporters that he has met “with representatives from both sides and with some radio broadcasters,” but that he has not made a decision on whether an investigation should be launched.

Last month, fellow commissioner Jonathan Adelstein wrote to Martin, asking that such a probe be initiated by the agency.

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