Telcomsubcom members blast NAB spots. (National Association of Broadcasters)(includes a related article)

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 1996 by Stern, Christopher

Members of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee last week lashed out at broadcasters over an ad campaign claiming that Congress is contemplating a tax on over-the-air television, but that anger did not appear to have hurt the growing support in Congress to give every TV station a second channel for digital broadcasting.

House Telcomsubcom Chairman Jack Fields (R-Tex.) said he took "great umbrage" at the National Association of Broadcasters' commercials. The spots do not mention that broadcasters want a second channel to make the transition to digital television (see box, page 14). During a hearing on spectrum auctions last Thursday, Fields suggested that the ad campaign could backfire. He reminded broadcasters that there are alternative proposals to...

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