17 June 2003

Massive Media Facts and Figures

Mother Jones collected some facts from NY Times and Bill Moyers in regard to the recent FCC decision to deregulate further:
Number of trips FCC Commissioners and staff took in the last eight years that were "primarily" paid for by telecommunications and broadcast companies:
2,500

Cost of those trips:
$2,800,000

Number of closed-door meetings FCC has held with industry in recent months:
71

Number of public hearings on the new media ownership rules held in the last year attended by Chairman Michael Powell and the two Republican commissioners:
0

Percentage of the 500,000 comments posted to the FCC's website that voiced opposition to the new rules:
97

Number of owners of full-power TV stations and newspapers in 1975:
1,500

Number as of 2000:
625

Change in the number of commercial radio stations since passage of 1996 Telecommunications Act:
-1,700

Percentage change in average cost of cable rates since then:
+30



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