FCC Foreign Broadcast Ownership Waivers Backed in All Replies

摘要

All replies backed the FCC allowing waivers of foreign ownership caps of 25 percent on U.S. radionand TV stations. Several comments from broadcasters and their lawyers pointed to the agency's order lastnmonth streamlining some policies for non-American ownership of some other types of licenses (CD Apriln19 p17). That commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel in approving that order mentioned the petitionnto allow waivers on which the replies commented is one reason to be optimistic that the request willnbe approved, a lawyer who backs the relief told us. That attorney, David Oxenford of Wilkinson Barker,nsaid the agency can without engaging in a further rulemaking deem that ownership above 25 percentnmeets the public-interest threshold for such holdings in Section 310(b) of the Communications Act.