Broadcast

摘要

NAB still supports some FCC broadcast ownership deregulation for those getting an overcomingndisadvantages preference (ODP), while nonprofits that oppose other types of deregulation shared thosenconcerns with aides to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, ex parte filings in docket 09-182 say. Shared servicenagreements and other contracts "between putatively separate stations" should be addressed in comingnownership rules, as a draft order's focus on just joint sales agreements (JSA) continues to be "puzzling" tonSSA foe Free Press, an official at the group reported telling an aide to Clyburn (http://xrl.us/bobd2n).n"News co-production and 'sharing' arrangements seem more likely to allow for control or influence overnanother licensee’s programming than do JSAs." Clyburn has been considering whether some JSAs maynbe beneficial, as she and Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel have concerns about deregulating other ownership rules before the agency conducts barriers-to-entry studies (CD Jan 18 p1). NAB continues to benwilling to discuss with the FCC and others "practical steps" to implement an ODP, the association reportednexecutives told Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake and an aide to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowskin(http://xrl.us/bobd27). It said that NAB, which backs ownership incubator programs to provide deregulationnfor various media assets, wouldn't oppose such a "program that was initially limited to radio," as thenDiversity and Competition Supporters coalition has sought. Clyburn's aide was also lobbied against deregulationnby Georgetown University's Institute for Public Representation, which also is against consolidationn(http://xrl.us/bobd27).