**September 17, 2007**

**FCC Announces Agenda for Public Hearing**

**on Media Ownership in Chicago, Illinois**

*(NOTE: The information included in the previously released meeting
agenda is supplemented in this notice.)*

The Federal Communications Commission today announced further details of
its previously announced Chicago, Illinois, field hearing regarding
media ownership (*see* announcements dated *July 19, 2007*, and
*September 4, 2007*).

As previously announced, the hearing date, time, and location are as
follows:

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| **Date:**        | **Thursday, September 20, 2007**                  |
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| **Time:**        | **4:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m.**                         |
|                  |                                                   |
| **Location:**    | **Operation Push**                                |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | **National Headquarters**                         |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | **Dr. King's Workshop**                           |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | **930 East 50^th^ Street**                        |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | **(corner of South Drexel Blvd.)**                |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | **Chicago, Illinois 60615**                       |
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The purpose of the hearing is to fully involve the public in the process
of the 2006 Quadrennial Broadcast Media Ownership Review that the
Commission is currently conducting. This hearing is the fifth in a
series of six media ownership hearings the Commission intends to hold
across the country.

The hearing is open to the public, and seating will be available on a
first-come, first-served basis. The hearing format will enable members
of the public to participate via "open microphone."

There will be two panels, each followed by a period for public comment.

**[Agenda and list of witnesses follows:]{.underline}**

***[(All Times CST)]{.underline}***

**4:00 p.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks**

**4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion 1: Perspectives on Media Ownership**

*Charles Benton*, Chairman, Benton Foundation

*Karen Bond*, Executive Director, National Black Coalition for Media
Justice

*Cynthia Canary*, Director, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform

*John Chadwick*, Vice President, General Manager, WREX-TV (NBC),
Rockford, Illinois

*Melody Spann Cooper*, General Manager, WVON(AM), Chicago, Illinois

*Marv Dyson*, Director of Operations, WKKC-FM, Kennedy-King College;
Founding Partner, Urban Radio Broadcasting LLC

*Tom Langmyer*, Vice President and General Manager, WGN Radio, Chicago,
Illinois

*Dorothy Leavell*, Publisher/Editor, The Chicago Crusader

*Dennis Lyle*, President and CEO, Illinois Broadcasters Association

*Doug Nowakowski*, International Representative, International
Brotherhood of Teamsters

*Silvia Rivera*, General Manager, WRTE-FM, RadioArté

*Dana Withers*, President, Dana Communications, Inc., Benton, Illinois

**5:30 p.m. Public Comments**

**7:30 p.m. Break**

**8:00 p.m. Panel Discussion 2: Perspectives on Media Ownership**

*Linda Sue Brown*, TV News Producer, WBBM-TV

*Kristine Laudadio Devine*, Juris Doctor Candidate, Class of 2008,
Northwestern University School of Law

*Cliff Kelley,* Radio Show Host, WVON(AM), Chicago, Illinois

*John Lavine*, Dean, Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism

*Joyce McCullough*, Publisher, NewsTribune, LaSalle, Illinois, and
General Manager, WLPO(AM)/WAJK(FM), LaSalle, Illinois and WKOT(FM),
Marseilles, Illinois

*Milly Santiago*, Former Reporter, WSNS-TV, Telemundo

*Jim Speta*, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law

*Patric Verrone*, President, Writers Guild America West

**9:00 p.m. Public Comments**

**11:00 p.m. Wrap-Up/Adjournment**

**The moderator will be Louis Sigalos, Chief of the Consumer Affairs &
Outreach Division, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC**

A live audio cast of the hearing will be available at the FCC's website
at [www.fcc.gov](http://www.fcc.gov/) on a first-come, first-served
basis. The public may also file comments or other documents with the
Commission and should reference docket number 06-121 when filing by
paper or submit your filing electronically by going to
<http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi> and enter proceeding
number 06-121. Filing instructions are provided at
<http://www.fcc.gov/ownership/comments.html>.

Sign language interpreters and open captioning will be provided for this
event.  Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are
available upon request.  Include a description of the
accommodation needed, and include a way we can contact you if we need
more information. Please make your request as early as possible.  Last
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.  Send
an e-mail to [fcc504@fcc.gov]{.underline} or call the Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).

Spanish language translation service will be provided at this location.

For additional information about the hearing, please visit the FCC's
website at <http://www.fcc.gov/ownership>. Press inquiries should be
directed to Mary Diamond at 202-418-2388, or Clyde Ensslin, at
202-418-0506.

-FCC-