Media ownership study ordered destroyed

FCC draft suggested fewer owners would hurt local TV coverage

Updated: 3:08 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2006

WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.

The report, written in 2004, came to light during the Senate confirmation hearing for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.