It was an FCC practice tied to the Fairness Doctrine in which supporters of candidates for political office enjoyed equal time provisions compareable to the candidates themselves.
The FD was removed from the commission's scope long ago by Federal court decision, but some watchdog group contended the ZD still had some significance, at least to those who felt that supporters of Democrat Wisconsin governor candidate Tom Barrett should have opportunity to respond to backers of GOP opponent Scott Walker back in 2012 over WTMJ radio. Its namesake was a counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee back in 1970. At FCC HQ in Wa(r)shington; about 34. FCC document<http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0508/DA-14-622A1.pdf>(link) dismissing the complaint of Media Action Center and allowing licence renewal for 'TMJ B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
