FCC Should Overturn WWOR License Renewal, Says Voice for New Jersey
The FCC Media Bureau used inaccurate information outside the record in its denial of Voice for New Jersey’s petition to deny a license renewal application (see 1408110046) to the Fox-owned WWOR-TV Secaucus, New Jersey, the group told aides to commissioners…
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Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn in a meeting last week, according to an ex parte filing posted in docket 07-260 Monday. The bureau compared WWOR’s coverage of local news to other stations despite that comparison not being in the record, VNJ said. Doing so “denied VNJ due process” by introducing evidence without letting VNJ respond, said the group. The comparison also incorrectly reported that WWOR covered as many “New Jersey-centric” news stories as other local stations, VNJ said. "The numerous issues of concern to the 3.5 million residents of northern NJ could not begin to be covered by WWOR’s inadequate coverage,” VNJ said. The full commission should reverse the bureau's decision to grant WWOR’s renewal, said VNJ.