Fox renews call for FCC to decide Wtxf license renewal application
The studios of Fox station Wtxf appears in an undated image. (Photo via Google Street View)
Executives at Fox Corporation have renewed their call for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve their application to renew the license of a Philadelphia-area television station.
In a letter sent to the FCC Secretary Marlene Dortch this week, Fox Senior Counsel Matthew DelNero and John Cobb said the agency spent more than a year weighing whether to approve the application concerning the broadcast license of Wtxf (Channel 29), and the time to act is now.
The application has been held up due to opposition from a grassroots organization called the Media and Democracy (Mad) Project, which counts numerous Fox executives and one FCC official among its supporters. They say Fox and its senior leaders are not fit to maintain a broadcast license for the station because of a settlement reached with a voting machine...
Executives at Fox Corporation have renewed their call for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve their application to renew the license of a Philadelphia-area television station.
In a letter sent to the FCC Secretary Marlene Dortch this week, Fox Senior Counsel Matthew DelNero and John Cobb said the agency spent more than a year weighing whether to approve the application concerning the broadcast license of Wtxf (Channel 29), and the time to act is now.
The application has been held up due to opposition from a grassroots organization called the Media and Democracy (Mad) Project, which counts numerous Fox executives and one FCC official among its supporters. They say Fox and its senior leaders are not fit to maintain a broadcast license for the station because of a settlement reached with a voting machine...
- 3/7/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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