Native American broadcasters ask FCC to delay new media ownership rules

NATIVE AMERICAN BROADCASTERS ASK FCC TO DELAY NEW MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
Decrying a "lack of information available in the record about Native American media ownership," an advocacy group for Native American broadcasters has asked the Federal Communications to put off any quick decisions about its media ownership rules. Native Public Media, which represents 33 Native American radio stations, filed its comments on November 1st, a day before the FCC announced its last public hearing on its broadcast ownership limits, to take place in Seattle, Washington on November 9th. "Because the Commission still has not sufficiently evaluated the current status of ownership of media outlets by Native nations or individual Native Americans," the group wrote, "NPM urges the Commission to further study Native station ownership and any barriers to such ownership before adopting final rules in these proceedings."
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