The Media Drop

Yesterday, the Center for Creative Voices in Media announced that the FCC will be directed form new guidelines regarding the broadcast of independently produced and locally-focused programming, which many groups feel is lacking. In August, an op-ed ran in the Seattle Times that asked the FCC for more programming to be broadcast that fit the public interest as a whole. The FCC seems to agree with the op-ed’s sentiments, taking the stance that the ability to broadcast is a right granted by the public (the government, in this case), and that broadcasters should have to serve the public interest as part of their “fee” for their licenses.