Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review – Review of the ) MB Docket No. 06-121 Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other ) Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the ) Telecommunications Act of 1996 ) ) 2002 Biennial Regulatory Review – Review of the ) MB Docket No. 02-277 Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other ) Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the ) Telecommunications Act of 1996 ) ) Cross-Ownership of Broadcast Stations and Newspapers ) MM Docket No. 01-235 ) Rules and Policies Concerning Multiple Ownership ) of Radio Broadcast Stations in Local Markets ) MM Docket No. 01-317 ) Definition of Radio Markets ) MM Docket No. 00-244 COMMENTS OF RACHEL STILWELL Rachel Stilwell, Esq. 4115 Empis St. Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 481-1782
[email protected] August 30, 2006 Via Electronic Filing Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., SW Washington DC 20554 To the Commission: The article contained herein, which will be published in September of 2006 in the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, calls upon Congress to enact legislation that will both permanently curtail further deregulation of radio station ownership and curtail payola-like practices in radio that have in recent years been intimately intertwined with radio consolidation. Although the specific solutions proposed in Part V of this article are largely legislative rather than regulatory, I respectfully suggest that the arguments in favor of such legislation are equally applicable to the FCC’s Regulatory Review of the Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.