Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"



    									 DA 22-1068
Released: October 6, 2022

MEDIA BUREAU ISSUES SECOND INFORMATION REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF TEGNA, INC., TO STANDARD GENERAL, L.P.
 
MB Docket No. 22-162

On April 21, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) accepted for filing applications seeking consent to transfer control of subsidiaries of TEGNA, Inc. (TEGNA), the ultimate parent of the licensees of 64 full-power television stations, two full-power radio stations, and other related FCC licenses, to an indirect subsidiary of SGCI Holdings III LLC (SGCI Holdings), whose Managing Member is Soohyung Kim, the Managing Partner of Standard General L.P. (Standard General and, jointly with TEGNA, the Applicants). Media Bureau Establishes Pleading Cycle for Applications to Transfer Control of TEGNA, Inc., to Standard General, L.P.,. and Permit-but-Disclose Ex Parte Status for the Proceeding, Public Notice, MB Docket No. 22-162, DA 22-443 (MB Apr. 21, 2022).
  To assist the Commission in performing its public interest analysis of these applications under Section 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 3l0(d).
 the Bureau requested additional documents and information from the Applicants (Information Request) on June 3, 2022.  Simultaneously, the  Bureau adopted and released a Protective Order to allow interested parties to review that information. 

On September 29, 2022, the Bureau sought additional documents and information from the Applicants (Second Information Request) to continue its public interest review of the applications. Letter from Holly Saurer, Chief, Media Bureau, FCC to Scott R. Flick, Counsel for SGCI Holdings III LLC, et al., MB Dkt. No. 22-162 (MB Sep. 29, 2022)
  The Applicants’ responses to the Second Information Request are due by October 13, 2022.  Parties may supplement any filed pleadings by October 27, 2022, and the Applicants may respond to those pleadings by November 3, 2022.

In light of this schedule, we urge all parties who plan to seek access to confidential information submitted in this proceeding and have not already done so to promptly file an Acknowledgement of Confidentiality, as set forth in the Protective Order, and to make arrangements with the Applicants to receive access to any confidential material they may file. 
For further information, contact David Brown at (301) 908-5926, Jeremy Miller at (202) 4181507, or Joel Rabinovitz, (202) 418-0689.  For press inquiries, contact Janice Wise at (202) 418-8165.  

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