[Mediaresearchhub-News] FCC Dataset on Radio Localism Now Available for Download

[SSRC media, communications, and information technology program announcements]

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 for download 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 at ssrc.org.



Rik Panganiban

Program Coordinator

Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere

Social Science Research Council

PH: 212.377.2700 x 644

FX: 212.377.2727

email: panganiban at ssrc.org

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New York NY 10019

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