• Broadcasting & Cable, Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:30 AM

Two Representatives -- one Democrat and one Republican -- have already introduced a bill that would a annul a Federal Communications Commission move to loosen cross-ownership rules. And they are both from the same state. Jay Inslee, (D-Wash.) and Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) rolled out the Media Ownership Act of 2007, companion to a Senate bill, and tailored to block a recent FCC vote in such a way to "apply to any attempt by the commission to modify, revise, or amend its regulations related to broadcast and newspaper ownership made after Oct. 1, 2007."

The bill would require the FCC to collect data and hold separate inquiries into minority ownership, localism and the impacts of both on consolidation. The commission recently voted to ease cross-ownership rules in a decision that will almost certainly be appealed

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