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摘要

Groups representing the deaf and hard of hearing community urged the FCC to dismiss petitionsnfrom religious and other broadcasters asking to be exempt from closed captioning rules. The petitionsn"each fail to sufficiently demonstrate that compliance with closed captioning rules would be economicallynburdensome," Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, National Association of the Deafnand others said in a joint opposition in docket 06-181 (http://bit.ly/Z0QMnN). Kellogg Street Productions,nClinton, N.Y., doesn’t appear to provide detailed statements of its financial information, the filingnsaid. Anglers for Christ Ministries, Morristown, Tenn., and First Assembly of God-Jonesboro in Arkansas,ndon’t appear "to offer a tenable explanation of how they are able to shoulder the ongoing costs of creatingnand distributing their programming but not the cost of closed captions," it said.