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10/07/2015
Schumer to FCC: Hands Off Broadcast Exclusivity Rules
Prominent Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has told FCC chairman Tom Wheeler in no uncertain terms that he does not want the FCC to eliminate broadcast exclusivity rules, saying it would foster "controversy rather than consensus," lacks adequate input from stakeholders, would be disruptive and would run counter to the intent of Congress.
The National Association of Broadcasters has found a host of friends in high Democratic places as it pushed back on a Wheeler proposal NAB says would hurt localism and diversity.
