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Music Rights Groups Lobby Simington on Radio Dupe Recon

The FCC should reconsider the FM portion of its order eliminating the radio duplication rule, said the American Association of Independent Music, Future of Music Coalition, REC Networks and musicFIRST Coalition in a conversation Jan. 28 with Commissioner Nathan Simington,…

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per an e filing posted Thursday in docket 19-310. Duplicate programming on commonly owned FM stations harms viewpoint diversity, they said. The groups spoke with an aide to acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on the same matter (see 2102090063).