Signs of growing Commissioner involvement in the FCC’s deliberations over the proposed merger between Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. continue to become evident as two organizations met with Adelstein’s offices in recent days.
National Public Radio (NPR) met with Commissioner Adelstein directly, on April 8th, to discuss their positions on the pending merger.
NPR discussed with Adelstein possible conditions for the merger, including requiring the inclusion of terrestrial HD Radio reception capability in Satellite Radio receiving equipment.
Meanwhile, on the following day, Georgetown Partners met with Rudy Brioché, Legal Advisor for Media Issues to Adelstein. The discussion was “consistent with its filings previously submitted” to the Commission over the Sirius-XM merger.
On April 1st, a week prior, Georgetown’s Chester Davenport and the Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition to the Sirius-XM merger, stating that a merged entity “might reduce the amount and quality of public radio programming” available on satellite radio.
[View FCC filings: 1, 2 (PDF)]
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