FCC Announces Details for Public Hearing

By Stevie Converse
Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission today announced further details of its previously announced Harrisburg field hearing regarding media ownership (see press release dated February 8, 2007.)

The hearing date, time, and location are as follows:

Date: Friday, February 23, 2007

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Welcome/Opening Remarks

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Panel Discussion

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Public Comment

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Break

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Public Comment

Location:

Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts

Sunoco Performance Theater

222 Market Street

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101

Link to Whitaker Center: http://www.whitakercenter.org [1]

The purpose of the hearing is to fully involve the public in the process of the 2006 Quadrennial Broadcast Media Ownership Review that the Commission is currently conducting. The hearing is open to the public, and seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. This hearing is the third in a series of media ownership hearings the Commission intends to hold across the country.


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