Media General requested waivers for the FCC network non-duplication...
Media General requested waivers for the FCC network non-duplication rule and the syndicated exclusivity rule concerning its WNCT-TV Greenville, North Carolina. WNCT can’t realize the benefits of its exclusive programming rights on the cable systems in Greenville and Kingston, North…
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Carolina, it said in a petition posted Thursday in docket 12-1 (http://bit.ly/1sZ82bk). The broadcast programming rights that the station bargained for with CBS “are being ignored in favor of the programming broadcast by WRAL-TV” Raleigh, it said. Nielsen survey data show WRAL didn’t have any over-the-air viewership in the communities, Media General said. The FCC should grant the petition with respect to WRAL in the communities, it said. That will let WNCT “benefit from the exclusivity rights for which it bargained,” it said.