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Comments on Media Bureau STELAR Report Due May 12

Information and comments for the FCC Media Bureau to use in preparing a required Satellite Television Extension and Localism Reauthorization Act report on designated market areas and “considerations for fostering increased localism” are due May 12, the bureau said in…

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a public notice Wednesday. Replies are due June 11, and the report itself is due to Congress June 3, 2016, the PN said.The bureau wants comment on the appropriate methodology for analyzing consumer access to broadcast stations outside their designated market areas (DMAs), the PN said. The bureau also wants comment on alternatives to DMAs and how they would affect localism, and how to increase localism in counties served by DMAs outside their own state, the PN said.