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FCC Dismisses WGN-TV License Challenge

Federal Communications Commission Granted Temporary Waivers to Parent Tribune Friday

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/3/2007 10:00:00 AM EST

The Federal Communications Commission dismissed an informal license challenge to WGN-TV Chicago. That came as a Republican majority of the commission Friday voted to grant temporary waivers to WGN-TV owner Tribune to clear the way for its sale of the company, including WGN-TV, to investor Sam Zell and Tribune employees.

A viewer had claimed that the station aired "skewed news, trashy entertainment, inadequate children’s programming and was overly commercial.”

The FCC dismissed the complaint, saying that it was not empowered to take action against "skewed news" even if that were the case, and that the complainant had not made a case for indecency, that he had failed to show how relying on Baby Looney Tunes and Sabrina failed to meet its core educational kids’ show obligations and, as for overly commercial, pointed out that except for kids’ programming, the FCC does not regulate the amount or type of commercial.

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