2002 Biennial Regulatory Review-Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

Résumé

In this document the Commission initiates its third biennial review of its broadcast ownership rules pursuant to section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Commission invites comment on the national television multiple ownership rule, the local television multiple ownership rule, the radio-television cross-ownership rule, and the dual network rule. The first two rules have been reviewed and remanded to the Commission by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the issues on remand are incorporated into the proceeding. In addition, comments filed in previously opened proceedings on the local radio ownership rule and the newspaper/ broadcast cross-ownership rule are incorporated into this proceeding. The Commission's Media Ownership Working Group also separately released a series of studies on the media marketplace, and evidence in those studies, as well as the comments, will be used to support decisions in this proceeding.