Technology | FCC FCC Chief Won't Delay Media Vote Defiant Martin wants to relax ownership rules in broadcast, print By Jim O'Neill Posted Dec 14, 2007 10:31 AM CST Copied Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin speaks during a hearing on localism, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, at the FCC headquarters in Washington. (Associated Press) FCC chief Kevin Martin will push ahead with a vote next week to allow media companies to own a broadcasting station and newspaper in the same city, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move comes despite heavy criticism from senators who say he's rushing into a major policy change without enough study. The five-member FCC is expected to approve the measure along party lines. Insiders say there has been little discussion among the FCC members about the change, which Martin proposed last month. Media companies want the rules to be eased more, and consumer groups want them tightened, saying consolidation leads to a reduction of local news and diversity. Read These Next Trump reportedly wants a $230M payout from the DOJ. Online boo-bears go after the demo firm tearing White House apart. A well-known nutrition influencer died after a home birth. RFK Jr. offered his wife a fake separation. Report an error