Round 2 of SF-NBC fight: new company refutes network's request that FCC deny station purchase by Fox-backed entity. (SF Broadcasting) (Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1994 by Stern, Christopher

New company refutes network's request that FCC deny station purchase by Fox-backed entity Fox-backed SF Broadcasting is planning a regulatory counterstrike against NBC, following the network's request that the FCC deny SF's purchase of WLUK-TV Green Bay, Wis. SF is preparing a response that says NBC and its parent company, General Electric, have the same kind of minority interest in stations which they have questioned in the case of Fox-SF, sources say.

NBC filed a petition with the FCC on Sept. 23, alleging the Fox-Savoy Pictures Entertainment joint venture is an effort to evade the FCC's station ownership limits. SF is expected to cite NBC's minority ownership in WKYC-TV Cleveland and GE's interest in WAPA-TV San Juan, P.R. "They are...

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