Two Senate Commerce Committee members are eyeing the...
Two Senate Commerce Committee members are eyeing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act reauthorization process as the vehicle for a piece of legislation they introduced. Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Deb Fischer, R-Neb., introduced legislation Tuesday that would require…
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the FCC to study designated market areas and their effect on local and in-state broadcast programming. It would also compel the agency to report to Congress on “how to increase localism in states served by out-of-state media markets,” a Booker news release said (http://1.usa.gov/1pcFTef). The Let Our Communities Access Local TV Act (S-2643) was referred to the Commerce Committee. The Committee has not released its draft of STELA legislation and expects to mark it up in September. “Access to local broadcasting is really important -- especially when we look at low income communities where the digital divide persists,” a Booker aide told us Wednesday by email. “It’s critically important to study the way media markets effect access to programming and STELA seems like a great vehicle to include this type of study."