Federal Communications Commission FCC 13-32 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Portland Area Commercial Television Stations ) File Nos. BRCT-20060928AOZ, et al. ) Applications for Renewal of License ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Adopted: March 13, 2013 Released: March 14, 2013 By the Commission: 1. The Commission has before it for consideration an Application for Review filed on August 22, 2011, by the Oregon Alliance to Reform Media (“ORARM”) seeking review of the 2011 Letter Decision of the Video Division of the Media Bureau1 denying a petition for reconsideration filed by ORARM in conjunction with license renewal applications of eight Portland, Oregon area commercial television broadcast stations.2 In its 2011 Letter Decision, the Video Division denied ORARM’s petition for reconsideration and affirmed its previous denial of ORARM’s petition to deny the applications.3 2. Upon review of the Application for Review and the entire record, we conclude that ORARM failed to demonstrate that the Video Division erred. The Video Division properly decided the matters raised, and we uphold its 2011 Letter Decision for the reasons stated therein. 3. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED That, pursuant to section 5(c)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 155(c)(5), and section 1.115(g) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.115(g), the Application for Review of the Oregon Alliance to Reform Media IS DENIED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Marlene H. Dortch Secretary 1 See Letter from Barbara A. Kreisman, Esq., Chief, Video Division, to Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Esq., 26 FCC Rcd 10458 (Vid. Div 2011) (ORARM alleged that the affected Portland-area broadcast television stations failed to present adequate coverage of state and local elections and ballot issues during the 2004 election cycle). 2 A complete list of the stations and renewal applications affected is attached as Exhibit A 3 Letter from Barbara A. Kreisman to Andrew J. Schwartzman, et al., 22 FCC Rcd 15183 (Vid. Div. 2007). Federal Communications Commission FCC 13-32 2 EXHIBIT A CALL SIGN COMMUNITY LICENSEE FILE NO. FACILITY OF LICENSE ID NO. KATU(TV) Portland, OR Fisher Broadcasting BRCT-20060928AOZ 21649 of Portland, LLC KOIN(TV) Portland, OR NVT Portland BRCT-20061002AVY 35380 Licensee, LLC KPTV(TV) Portland, OR Meredith Corp. BRCT-20061002AXF 50633 KGW(TV) Portland, OR King Broadcasting BRCT-20061002AUN 34874 Company KPXG-TV Salem, OR ION Media BRCT-20060929AKA 5801 Portland License, Inc. KNMT(TV) Portland, OR Trinity Christian BRCT-20060929AHS 47707 Center of Santa Ana KPDX(TV) Vancouver, WA Meredith Corp. BRCT-20061002AXR 35460 KRCW-TV Salem, OR Tribune Broadcast BRCT-20060929APG 10192 Holdings, D-I-P