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Dear Chairman Wheeler, 
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Please accept this letter in support of Black Television News Chamlel's (B'INC) 
application (MB DOCKET NO. 14-77) before the FCC to facilitate a public-private 
partnership between Florida A&M University and B'INC. 
The partnership is designed to bring 14 hours per day of news, informational and 
educational programming targeted to an underserved minority audience. The network 
would foster greater understanding of the social, economic and other challenges faced by 
minority populations. Additionally, the partnership would provide !Ill excellent 
opportunity for students at Florida A&M to gain real world experience through 
internships and other educational programs. 
It is my understanding that in order to launch this project the partnership will need 
to temporarily operate in the Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) public interest space for 
the first three years as a nonprofit entity. The networlc will need to sell a limited amount 
of advertising to offset the high cost of producing original news content daily. 
As you know, the purpose of the DBS public interest set-aside is to promote a 
diverse array of informational and educational programming. To this end, I believe that 
the FCC would be serving the public interest mandate by approving this application. 
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Thank you for your consideration of my vie 
Spencer jachus 
Member of Congress