New panel may hear CD radio license bid; FCC considers non-commission experts for peer review.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 1996 by McConnell, Chris

FCC considers non-commission experts for peer review FCC officials may tap experts from other parts of the federal government to evaluate satellite radio proponent CD Radio's bid for a license. The commission has asked the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to assemble a new panel of government experts to evaluate applications for a "pioneer's preference." Commissioners in May were poised to grant CD Radio such an award, which would include a license, but held off after Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.) expressed concerns with the plan.

In two letters to the commission, Dingell questioned the FCC's methods of evaluating pioneer's-preference requests. In a June 12 letter, he said he was especially distressed that the...

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