System/Policy
San Francisco’s KMTP pursues channel-share agreement to stay on air
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The Minority Television Project is in talks with Poquito Mas Communications LLC.
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The Minority Television Project is in talks with Poquito Mas Communications LLC.
KMTP used the wrong kind of mail service to submit a request, violating a rule that public broadcasters are asking the FCC to eliminate.
In joint comments filed with the FCC, pubcasters had asked for a review of “unnecessarily burdensome” rules on recruitment and hiring practices at stations.
PBS, CPB and APTS argue that for many stations, following the rule is “physically impossible.”
While NPR and others argued the rule was burdensome, some college and community broadcasters argued for its preservation.
Public broadcasters agree with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that rules intended to ensure public access to local stations have become “outdated and unnecessarily burdensome.”
Pubcasters were spared from providing certain details about board members and excluded from new rules governing on-air fundraising for other nonprofits.
The Prometheus Radio Project is asking the FCC to reconsider a January ruling.
The rule, scheduled for an April 20 vote, would allow public stations to seek waivers if they choose to fundraise for other nonprofits.