Full FCC Denies Stolz Appeal of Entercom/CBS
The full FCC denied Edward Stolz and Deborah Naiman’s application for review of Media Bureau approval of Entercom buying CBS Radio, said an order Tuesday. The appeal is part of a long effort by Stolz to overturn the deal; the…
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Office of General Counsel has called his filings “repetitious” (see 1805090040). Stolz’s argument on CBS TV stations distorted news is “unadjudicated” and “unsubstantiated,” the order said, and there’s no presumption that an act by one CBS TV station would indicate misconduct at the company or its other stations, the order said. Stolz identifies no "facts that raise questions about CBS’s qualifications to hold the radio station licenses that are the subject of the proposed transfer of control,” the order said.