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January 28, 2010                                                                     Janice Wise: 202-418-8165
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MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY 23, 2010 MEDIA OWNERSHIP 
WORKSHOP IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
(MB DOCKET NO. 09-182)
Washington, D.C.:  The Media Bureau today announced it will hold a media ownership 
workshop on February 23, 2010, at the South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, 
Columbia, South Carolina.  The two-panel workshop, scheduled from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and 
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., will explore local television and radio marketplace issues as part of the 
Commission’s quadrennial review of its broadcast ownership rules.  
The first panel will focus on television issues, including:
· The state of the television industry and what changes, if any, have impacted the 
larger media marketplace;
· Whether the decline in broadcast television viewership is cyclical or permanent 
and how this trend has affected the financial viability of TV stations and their 
programming;
· How TV duopolies affect the diversity of voices and programming in local 
markets;
· What changes, if any, should be made to the ownership rules because of 
marketplace conditions;
· Whether broadcasters are adopting new programming strategies and if so, the 
impact of these strategies on the Commission’s ownership rules; and
· Whether the local TV and radio/TV cross-ownership rules continue to be 
necessary in the public interest.
The second segment will address radio issues, among them:
· The state of the radio industry and how new technologies have impacted the 
marketplace;
· Whether local radio markets have stayed the same or become more or less 
concentrated since the last quadrennial review;
· What changes, if any, should be made to the ownership rules because of 
marketplace conditions; 
· How combined ownership of multiple radio stations in a single market affects the 
diversity of programming and localism in that market, if at all; and
· Whether the local radio and radio/TV cross-ownership rules continue to be 
necessary in the public interest.
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The panelists for the forum will include representatives from the local broadcast community and 
association and media advocacy groups.  Public participation in the workshop is encouraged.  
Open captioning of the forum will be provided.  Other reasonable accommodations for people 
with disabilities are available upon request.  Include a description of the accommodation you will 
need.  Also include a way we can contact you if we need more information.  Last-minute 
requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to fill.  Send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or 
call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
For further information, contact Krista Witanowski, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2449.  
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