The Minority Media & Telecom Council urged the...

The Minority Media & Telecom Council urged the FCC to relax the foreign ownership of broadcasting stations restrictions. It also reiterated its stance supporting the adoption of a package of AM radio improvement proposals, like migrating AM radio to TV channels 5 and 6, it said in an ex parte filing about a meeting with staff of acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn (http://bit.ly/ZWbkAc). The commission also should adopt a rule waiver proposal allowing AM stations “to move FM translators farther away to rebroadcast stronger signals,” it said in several dockets including 09-182 and 07-294. MMTC continued urging the FCC to seek public comment on MMTC’s cross-ownership study (CD May 31 p1) and to direct SoftBank, Dish Network and Sprint Nextel to provide information showing how the proposed transactions to purchase Sprint “would benefit women and minorities and increase broadband access for underserved communities."