Affiliates: TV-cap hike faces higher bar
By Bill McConnell -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/25/2003 10:00:00 AM
To counter network arguments that the Federal Communications Commission has no choice but to raise or eliminate the 35 percent cap on TV-household reach, the National Affiliated Stations Alliance told the FCC an increase faces higher legal obstacles than retention.
"A decision to modify or repeal is subject to precisely the same public-interest standard and judicial review as a decision to keep the cap," the NASA wrote to the commission Friday. "A decision to modify the cap or eliminate must be justified by the evidence," which "was shown to support retention."
Friday's filing was one of several the group filed pushing to end abusive tactics the networks allegedly use in reaching contracts with affiliates and to defeat networks' attempts to raise the cap.
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