Quid Pro Quo

摘要

Broadcasters could soon be forced to air specific amounts of local programming and political cover-I age. House Commerce Committee members are debating whether digital-TV legislation to be introduced within two weeks should impose defined "public-interest" obligations on TV stations in the DTV era. The National Association of Broadcasters, the industry's largest trade group, has repeatedly opposed Capitol Hill and FCC proposals to dictate part of stations' programming lineup for a decade. But B&C has learned that a handful of station groups are pushing to include a small set of public-interest obligations.