FCC Grants Status Change Request for Fox Renewal Proceeding
The FCC granted a request from the Media and Democracy (MAD) Project to change the license renewal proceeding (see 2308220083) for Fox’s WTXF-TV Philadelphia from restricted to permit-but-disclose, said a public notice Wednesday. In restricted proceedings, ex parte presentations are…
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generally prohibited, but they're allowed in permit-but-disclose if they're filed in the record. Fox opposed MAD’s request (see 2307180071. “We have concluded that classifying this proceeding as permit-but-disclose would, in this case, permit broader public participation and thereby serve the public interest,” said the PN. The WTXF- TV proceeding was assigned docket 23-293. “This wonderful decision will allow the broad bipartisan group of petitioners to meet with commissioners and staff,” said Preston Padden, a former Fox executive who supports the MAD petition. Emailed a Fox Television Stations spokesperson: “The Media and Democracy Project petition to deny the license renewal of WTXF-TV is frivolous, completely without merit and asks the FCC to upend the First Amendment and long-standing FCC precedent."