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January 30, 2000, Sunday, Late Edition -
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SECTION: Section 1; Page 23; Column
2; National Desk
LENGTH: 108 words
HEADLINE: Broadcast Rule Is Canceled
BYLINE: Reuters
DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Jan. 29
BODY:
The Federal Communications Commission has
canceled a ruling issued last month that defined some religious
television broadcasting as noneducational and possibly
ineligible for special licenses.
The two-paragraph
ruling, which had been included in a much longer decision about the transfer of
a television license in Pittsburgh, could have threatened the broadcast licenses
of a dozen or so religious stations that operate under special educational
licenses.
After the ruling was issued, religious groups and their allies
in Congress bombarded members of the commission with protests and legislation
was introduced to eliminate the rule.
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