CWA And AFTRA Call For Full And Open Review Of Media Ownership Rules Change - 12/18/07

By Doug Cunningham

The Communications Workers of America and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a full review process of the comments made to proposed revisions to the newspaper-broadcast ownership rule, changes proposed by Chairman Kevin Martin. The unions want an open process including a 90-day comment period to help resolve issues of localism and women and minority ownership of broadcast media.