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Dear Chairman Genachowski:

I am writing to you to urge the Commission to deny the application of WWOR-TV for renewal of its station license.

As was made clear during the Commission’s 2007 public hearing in this matter, WWOR’s news and public affairs programming has historically been deficient. At the time of the hearing, the station offered only eight hours of news and public affairs programs in its weekly broadcast schedule—a level of programming amounting to less than 25% of WWOR’s peer group average in the New York media market.

The people of New Jersey spoke loud and clear at this hearing. We asked that WWOR raise the level of its news and public affairs programming. Against this unmistakable mandate, the station has done just the opposite.

Earlier this year, WWOR-TV slashed its already paltry news and public affairs offerings by more than half. The station now offers only three hours of news and public affairs programming each week—a level amounting to less than 10% of WWOR’s peer group average.

If it was not already abundantly clear, the Commission must now surely recognize that WWOR’s public interest obligations cannot possibly be satisfied by such a meager level of programming. The actions of WWOR’s ownership are an affront to the people of New Jersey, and suggest an arrogant contempt for the Commission’s regulatory authority. I implore the Commission to act promptly to give the people of northern New Jersey the quality of news and public affairs programming that they deserve.

Sincerely,


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