The FCC has twice again rejected ED STOLZ appeals of rulings involving ENTERCOM.
In one proceeding, the Commission denied a Petition for Reconsideration filed by STOLZ and DEBORAH J. NAIMAN against ENTERCOM's acquisition of CBS RADIO, citing the "new developments" of the designation for hearing of the SINCLAIR-TRIBUNE merger and the conservative MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER's allegations that CBS engaged in "intentional news distortion." The FCC said that the SINCLAIR-TRIBUNE parties were not similarly situated with ENTERCOM and CBS, and that STOLZ' "unadjudicated, unsubstantiated, and conclusory news distortion claim" involved CBS television stations and not radio and involved allegations that came after the radio deal was approved.
In the other, the FCC dismissed STOLZ' Petition for Reconsideration of the denial of his appeal of ENTERCOM's license renewals in SACRAMENTO due to lack of standing. STOLZ appealed the renewals citing the fatal "Hold Your Wee For A Wii" contest at KDND/SACRAMENTO and has battled the renewals after ENTERCOM turned in the KDND license, claiming that the relinquishing of the license should not have allowed the company to avert a hearing on the other stations' license renewals, an argument repeatedly rejected by the Commission.
STOLZ has repeatedly challenged ENTERCOM license proceedings since being ordered in 1996 to go through with the sale of then-KWOD/SACRAMENTO (now KUDL) to ENTERCOM after trying to rescind the deal, a case that STOLZ tried to take to the SUPREME COURT but was denied certiorari.