KMTP Pursues Channel-Share To Stay On Air
FCC Denies KMTP Dish Must-Carry Complaint
The FCC Media Bureau denied a must carry complaint the Minority Television Project filed against DISH last year after the satellite provider said it wasn’t required to carry the channel because its election notice was not sent via certified mail. The owner of noncommercial KMTP San Francisco sent its election letter via USPS Priority Mail.
Repeatedly failing to keep its electronic public file up to date and not disclosing its failures in its license renewal application lead the commission to fine the Minority TV Project.
A law restricting advertising on public television will remain in place after the Supreme Court refused to review a case in which KMTP San Francisco challenged its FCC fine for airing messages from a bevy of commercial sponsors.
