FCC Report on Audio Market Could Affect Quadrennial Review, Oxenford Says
An upcoming FCC report on the audio market could inform changes to radio rules under the upcoming quadrennial ownership review, Wilkinson Barker broadcast attorney David Oxenford blogged Tuesday. The report and the questions to which the FCC seeking answers were…
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announced Monday (see 1807230041). “This study would seem to be looking at exactly the same issues that the FCC will be considering in the Quadrennial Review,” said Oxenford. If the audio market is considered to be broad, ownership rule changes could be seen as justified, whereas if the FCC determines that radio stations only compete with each other, rules may remain, he said.