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Article: McCain, White House line up vs. Tauzin. (John McCain, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee; W.J. Tauzin, chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee)
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- February 10, 1997
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WASHINGTON - Rep. W.J. Tauzin (R-La.) is planning a hearing Wednesday that will probably commence a two-year struggle over the broadcast TV industry's efforts to migrate to digital.
Tauzin, chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, will hold the hearing against a backdrop that includes various spectrum-related proposals that surfaced last week in the Clinton administration's fiscal-1998 budget and legislation introduced last week by Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.).
McCain's bill would take back 10 channels (60 through 69) allocated to broadcasters and give four to state governors for assignment to spectrum-starved public ...