Farm Journal Requests FCC and IRS to Investigate RFD-TV.PHILADELPHIA -- Farm Journal, Inc. has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. ) and a Petition for Declaratory Ruling A declaratory judgment is a judgment of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of each party in a dispute. It is commonly called a declaratory ruling, a term which also includes decisions of regulatory agencies. with the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) against RFD RFD abbr. rural free delivery Noun 1. RFD - free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas rural free delivery Communications, Inc. (RFD). The filings inform the agencies of certain operations of RFD that Farm Journal believes violate RFD's non-profit 501(c)(3) status and Congressional requirements for noncommercial programming on RFD's Directv and Echostar channels. The filings, formally made November 28th, reflect Farm Journal's own careful investigation of RFD's operations over the past year. The IRS letter contends that RFD's non-profit status provides it with an unfair competitive advantage in the marketplace. Further, the filings outline examples of pervasive commercial programming on RFD which both competes unfairly with Farm Journal's own national television programs, and should disqualify To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate. To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. RFD as an FCC qualified educational programmer. Farm Journal is taking the definitive step of requesting formally that the FCC and IRS launch their own investigations into these matters. The FCC filing (which includes the IRS complaint as an exhibit) is a public document. The filing is available in the FCC's public reference room in Washington, D.C., and may be obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request (see www.fcc.gov/foia). It also may be obtained through Farm Journal's communications agency, Dye Van Mol & Lawrence, at http://www.dvl.com/farmjournal. About Farm Journal Media Farm Journal Media is the nation's leading agricultural media company. Its magazines are the 128-year-old flagship FARM JOURNAL, as well as TOP PRODUCER, BEEF TODAY, DAIRY TODAY, DAIRY TODAY's ELITE PRODUCER and BEEF BUSINESS JOURNAL. The Company's broadcast division, Farm Journal Electronic Media, includes the AgDay and U.S. Farm Report The U.S. Farm Report (also known as USFR for short) is a weekly syndicated United States television program, presented in magazine format, produced by Tribune Broadcasting and focusing on agriculture and agribusiness. It is currently hosted by John Phipps. ...Town & Country Living television programs, along with In the Country, a daily syndicated news vignette Vignette A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible. . The Company's Internet portal "The Homepage of Agriculture" is AgWeb.com. Farm Journal Media also publishes several subscription-based publications including the Pro Farmer and LandOwner newsletters. Annual live events and conferences include the Top Producer Seminar, Pro Farmer Leading Edge Seminar, Farm Journal Forum, Elite Producer Business Conference and the Midwest Crop Tour. Farm Journal Media also offers custom publishing services and provides extensive database services based on its industry leading producer database. |
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