Senators grill FCC chief on media ownership vote
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The head of the U.S. Federal  Communications Commission flatly refused on Thursday to delay a  vote next week on a plan to ease U.S. media ownership rules  despite a barrage of criticism from Senate lawmakers.
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U.S. Federal Communications  Commissioner Robert McDowell will be permitted to cast the tie-  breaking vote on AT&T Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of  BellSouth Corp., the agency's general counsel said on  Friday.
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The Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve Tuesday a proposal by Chairman Kevin Martin that will allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper Â overturning a 32-year-old rule.
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U.S. Federal Communications  Commissioner Robert McDowell will be permitted to cast the  tie-breaking vote on AT&T Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of  BellSouth Corp. , the agency's general counsel said on  Friday.
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The Federal Communications  Commission chairman said on Friday he wants to make it possible  for small and independently owned businesses to lease  television spectrum from broadcasters, to promote diversity in  the industry.
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By Miriam Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 8--WASHINGTON -- Sen. Arlen Specter's hearing yesterday was supposed to focus on whether cable companies such as Comcast Corp. can wield sports programming like a club to inhibit competition.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to loosen media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some senators to revoke the action.
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September 28, 2004 -- Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, plans to hold a vote this year on a proposal to require US television broadcasters such as Viacom Inc.
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Rep. John Conyers says unnecessary political divisions have brought the Federal Communications Commission to a policy standstill.
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U.S. Senate takes the cellular industry in hand.
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The Federal Communications Commission kicks off the first of six planned public hearings Tuesday to discuss a number of broadcast ownership rules, including whether a single company should be able to own both a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
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FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell won't vote to break the deadlock on AT&amp;T's $86 billion merger with BellSouth.
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The chairman of the U.S. Senate's  antitrust subcommittee on Wednesday urged regulators to block  Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s proposed acquisition of XM  Satellite Radio Holdings Inc..
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The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to loosen media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.
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Democrats urged the head of the Federal Communications Commission to take a more aggressive approach to the industries he oversees.
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Democrats and others question the FCC chief's request to allow an official with a conflict of interest to break an expected tie vote.
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Kevin Martin, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is trying to get the ball rolling toward a decision on AT&T Inc.'s proposed acquisition of BellSouth Corp.