Radio CEOs Tell Pai, Carr, Media Bureau of Ownership Regulation Problems
Two radio CEOs told FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, Commissioner Brendan Carr and Deputy Chief Sarah Whitesell and others in the Media Bureau their industry is "threatened" by new competition and "restrained from responding" by "outdated structural ownership rules that have…
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not been substantially updated since 1996." That came in meetings Thursday with Connoisseur Media's Jeffrey Warshaw and Dhruv Prasad of Townsquare Media, recounted a filing Tuesday in docket 18-227. The executives cited competition from Facebook and Google, saying there's "no longer a siloed audio marketplace where broadcast radio stations compete only with each other." The agency may begin its 2018 quadrennial media ownership review next month (see 1811080063).