FCC's Wheeler Circulates Draft Extension Of Online Public File Rule To Radio, Cable, Satellite

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FCC Chairman TOM WHEELER is moving forward with his proposal to extend the requirement for stations to post public and political files online to radio and satellite and cable television, circulating the proposal among other commissioners on THURSDAY (10/31), reports VARIETY.

The proposal has been subject to public comment in Media Bureau Docket No. 14-127 since AUGUST, and the Commission has been asking what an "appropriate time frame" would be for the addition.  WHEELER's draft Notice of Proposed Rule Making is still subject to a vote by the commissioners and, if approved, public comment.

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