FCC and Local TV News

FCC and Local TV News

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 296 , Segment 1

FCC and Local News, Introverted Teachers, Goldilocks Theory

Episode: FCC and Local News, Introverted Teachers, Goldilocks Theory

  • Dec 13, 2017 5:00 pm
  • 50:13 mins

Margot Susca, a professor of journalism at American University. Since WWII, the ‘main studio rule” was put in place to ensure that news stations were hearing and serving the communities they broadcasted to.  In an effort to increase revenues for big companies, the Federal Communications Commission abolished that rule in October.  Margot Susca talks about what the effects of this decision may be.