Media General Significantly Viewed Exception Waivers Granted

The FCC Media Bureau granted waivers of the significantly viewed exception to network nonduplication and syndicated exclusivity rules for Media General's WNCT-TV Greenville and WNCN Goldsboro, both in North Carolina. The WNCN request was unopposed. Capitol Broadcasting, licensee of WRAL-TV Raleigh opposed the WNCT request. WRAL argued that the local cable operator would drop WRAL if the waiver were granted, but the bureau said that was outside the scope of inquiry, and that Media General showed WRAL isn't significantly viewed in Greenville and Kinston, North Carolina.