Schurz Communications shouldn’t be allowed to own three LPTV stat...
Schurz Communications shouldn’t be allowed to own three LPTV stations in South Bend, Ind., because it already owns four TV stations and two radio stations there, as well as the market’s only daily newspaper, according to a petition to…
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deny filed by Free Press. “The fact that Schurz… may even claim it has a record of superior service” in the market “is irrelevant to whether it, or any applicant, should be afforded so much power in any community,” Free Press said. Representing Free Press, Andrew Schwartzman of the Media Access Project said LPTV rules normally might allow FCC staff to approve the deal without full commission input, had Free Press not filed a petition. The stations, WMYZ-LP, WCWW-LP and WBND-LP, would be owned by WSBT Inc., which Schurz owns.