The first of the commission's series of nationwide hearings designed to gather citizens' input on the job broadcasters are doing to address local concerns will run from 6-9:30pm October 22, 2003, in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Meeting Chamber at 600 East Fourth Street in Charlotte, NC.

The final agenda and witness list is still being ironed out, but the hearing marks an important first step as the FCC reacts to increasing criticism that it put big business ahead of consumers when it loosened many of its media regulations on June 2.