• B&C, Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:53 PM

Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition has asked the FCC to take a second look at its request to deny license renewals for some Sinclair stations, saying Mediacom's retrans complaint against the broadcaster provides new evidence of misconduct.

The request involves the FCC acting on a petition, filed in 2004, to review an earlier decision denying Rainbow's petition to deny Sinclair license renewals because the group alleged Sinclair was exerting de facto control of another station group Glencairn, Ltd. in violation of the FCC's duopoly limits. Mediacom has complained that Sinclair is not bargaining in good faith and has made "anti-competitive" demands in exerting control over LMA retransmission consent negotiations.

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