FCC Record, Volume 1, No. 7, Pages 1267 to 1368, December 22, 1986 - January 2, 1987 Page: 1,281

Federal Communications Commission Record DA 86-366
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
MM Docket No. 86-406
In re
Amendment of Sections 73.1125
and 73.1130 of the Commission's
Rules, the Main Studio and Program
Origination Rules for Radio and
Television Broadcast Stations
ERRATUM
Released: December 22, 1986
The Notice of Proposed Rule Making, FCC 86-454,
released October 30, 1986. 1 FCC Record 536, in the
above-entitled matter is corrected to include
"Commissioner Quello issuing a separate statement" after
the phrase BY THE COMMISSION:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William J. Tricarico
Secretary
October 16, 1986
SEPARATE STATEMENT
BY COMMISSIONER JAMES H. QUELLO
Re: Notice of Proposed Rule Making to Amend Sections
73.1125 and 73.1130 of the Commission's Rules, the
Main Studio and Program Origination Rules for Radio
and Television Broadcast Stations.
I am in agreement with the Commission's action today
in issuing a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to determine
whether our main studio and program origination
rules are outdated. It is true that the radio and television
marketplace have dramatically changed since the time
these rules were adopted and that new technology calls
their validity into question. At the same time, however, I
wish to emphasize that my support for launching this rule
making should in no way be construed as signaling an
effort to erode what I believe to be a licensee's obligation
to serve the needs and interests of the community to
which it is licensed. Indeed, as I consistently emphasized
in our must-carry proceeding, a licensee's local obligation
is a very substantial government interest and, indeed, as
the court of appeals has held, is a statutory obligation of

every licensee. See UCC v. FCC, 707 F.2d 1413, 1429 n.
46 (D.C. Cir. 1983).