FCC Shouldn't Treat NCE Boards as Owners, NPR Says

The FCC shouldn’t treat the board members of noncommercial educational (NCE) stations as owners or collect their demographic information, NPR said in a phone call with an aide to Commissioner Mike O’Rielly Tuesday, according to an ex parte filing posted in docket 07-294 Friday. The FCC had proposed treating NCE board members as owners in a Further NPRM on changes to the way the commission assigns FCC registration numbers (see 1502120066).