Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., urged the FCC to...

July 18, 2014 |Broadcast

Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., urged the FCC to grant Black Television News Channel a waiver of the ban on ads carried on direct broadcast satellite noncommercial set-aside channels. Bachus filed the letter, posted Thursday, in support of BTNC’s effort to partner with Florida A&M University, he said in the letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler (http://bit.ly/1yxoT6s). The commission would be serving the public interest mandate by approving this application, he said.