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FCC Dataset on Radio Localism Now Available for Download
The SSRC Data Consortium for Media and Communications Policy is releasing an FCC-collected dataset on the link between media ownership and the provision of certain kinds of radio content, including local news and public affairs. The data is part of the Federal Communications Commission’s response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by The Institute for Public Representation (Georgetown University) in August 2006.
The request asked for studies, contracts, and data relevant to the FCC’s localism and media ownership proceedings. In response, the FCC released data relating to a study on radio broadcast localism which was never completed.
The complete dataset is available on the SSRC website. Please note that this is a large dataset (27 Mb zipped) in .mdb Access Database format.
For more information about the Data Consortium, please see the Data Consortium program page or email mediahub@ssrc.org.