66 FR 202 pg. 52921 - Newspaper/Radio Cross-Ownership Waiver Policy
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 202Page: 52921
Docket number: [MM Docket No. 96-197]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-26175 Filed 10-17-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[MM Docket No. 96-197]
RIN 3060-AG53
Newspaper/Radio Cross-Ownership Waiver Policy
AGENCY:
Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION:
Notice; termination of proceeding.
SUMMARY:
The Commission terminates this proceeding because it has initiated a new rulemaking proceeding that considers broader issues that subsume those raised in the proceeding being terminated.
DATES:
The Commission terminates MM Docket No. 96-197 effective October 18, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eric J. Bash, (202) 418-2130 or ebash@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Commission began this proceeding in 1996 when it released a Notice of Inquiry ( NOI ) 61 FR 53694 (October 15, 1996) in MM Docket No. 96-197. The NOI asked whether the Commission should change its policies regarding waiver of the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule for newspaper/radio combinations. The Commission now has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( NPRM ), 66 FR 50991 (October 5, 2001), that asks whether the Commission should eliminate or modify the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule. As a result, the NPRM seeks comment not just on whether the Commission should change its waiver policies for newspaper/radio combinations, but also on whether the Commission should change its rule and/or waiver policies for newspaper/radio and newspaper/television combinations. The issues raised in the NPRM therefore subsume those raised in the NOI . As a result, the Commission terminates the NOI proceeding. In doing so, the Commission recognizes that it has, in a handful of cases, waived the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule, subject to the outcome of the NOI . All such waivers will now be subject to the outcome of the NPRM.
Ordering Clauses: The Commission terminates MM Docket No. 96-197.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-26175 Filed 10-17-01; 8:45 am]
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