Florida Public Radio Wants FCC to Relax Main Studio Rule
The FCC should further relax the main studio rule, said Florida Public Radio in a petition for rulemaking posted online Monday. FPR said the FCC “erroneously holds to two notions: 1) that a meaningful management presence is required for localism,…
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and 2) that stations comply to a one-size-fits-all relating to what is a meaningful management presence.” The rule burdens noncommercial stations and smaller broadcasters with meeting the same staffing requirements as much larger broadcasters, it said. Licensees should be able to determine their staffing needs without an FCC imposed minimum, the filing said. “Time and technology have changed the rationale for the minimum staffing requirements of the main studio,” FPR said. “Public interaction with station ownership is readily available via telephone and internet, all hours, all days.”