Louisiana business recipient of broadband expansion award. **PHOTO AVAILABLE** WASHINGTON, March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Senator Mary L.

Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, a fierce critic of government policies that allow big media companies to get bigger, made a surprising move when he put forth a proposal that would allow the nation's only two satellite radio companies to merge.

The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.

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By Paul Davidson The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission faced tough questions from a Senate panel Thursday over his comments that he would not enforce a key condition the FCC imposed before approving of the AT&T-BellSouth merger.