Two FCC Media Studies Suppressed

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has asked the agency's inspector general to investigate why two draft reports on television and radio ownership never saw the light of day until now.

Martin sought the review after Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer questioned whether the agency suppressed the reports, dated 2003 and 2004, and if so, why.

Read more from Reuters and the Associated Press.

Available at the FCC's website:

• 9/19/06 - Draft 2003 "Review of the Radio Industry".
  

• 9/18/06 - Letter from Chairman Martin to Senator Boxer.
  

• 9/15/06 - Letter from Chairman Martin to Senator Boxer.

• 9/15/06 - June 2004 Draft of Working Paper.