As expected, the FCC officially opened a review of the sale of se...
As expected, the FCC officially opened a review of the sale of several Okla. stations by a former state senator convicted of committing perjury (CD March 7 p16) but FCC Chmn. Powell and Comrs. Copps and Adelstein said they…
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shouldn’t be recused from the proceeding. Media Access Project Pres. Andrew Schwartzman had urged the agency to reconsider the sale. “It is of course open to any commissioner to recuse himself from a proceeding out of an abundance of caution. But to take such action when there is no basis for doing so threatens to encourage unwarranted recusal requests and interfere with the efficient and effective functioning of the agency. We therefore decline to recuse ourselves from this proceeding,” the comrs. said.