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TX, CO Broadcasters Correct the Record about GBS Support


Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission

Four broadcasters from Texas and Colorado have filed letters with the FCC requesting their names be removed as supporters of GeoBroadcast Solution's petition in front of the Commission supporting geotargeting on FM boosters.

Texas station owners Falls Media LLC President Dan Balla and Q-Media Group President Andrew Devall wrote they "were entirely unaware of our participation in this proceeding and did not knowingly consent to having our name included on such filings. We are all proud, but relatively small radio broadcast operators, with enormous demands on our limited time and resources. In general, we do not have the bandwidth to personally monitor activities at the FCC. Given this highly unusual circumstance, the broadcasters listed below respectfully request that the Commission remove the prior filings indicating our support for GBS's requested rule change from the record."

Colorado broadcasters Scott Poese of Ranchland Broadcasting and Warren Epstein of Pikes Peak College said that the comments filed under their names "do not accurately reflect our views. Contrary to what the comments indicate, the undersigned do not support the GeoBroadcast Solution's (GBS) Petition or believe that it would benefit our stations or the public. Thus, to correct the record we ask the Commission to remove those comments previously filed under our name in support of the petition at issue."

After a September NAB filing at the FCC, Communications Daily reported that that some radio broadcasters that had expressed support for ZoneCasting through their attorney "appeared unfamiliar with Zonecasting," and that one broadcaster "said he has 'no idea' how his company 'got looped in' with supporters of Zonecasting, and the first he had heard of it was when the Minnesota Association of Broadcasters recently asked him why he favors the technology."

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