Daniel Inouye: “I'd appreciate my colleague's help in clarifying the conference report's effect on the Hawaiian television market. No…”

“I'd appreciate my colleague's help in clarifying the conference report's effect on the Hawaiian television market. No one needs a geography lesson to learn that my state is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. As such, interference with adjacent television markets is not a concern and, unlike every other market in the United States, every VHF channel is utilized somewhere in Hawaii's market. I'd ask of the gentleman, when the FCC considers the duopoly rule, does he agree that the FCC should strongly consider that Hawaii's unique situation represents an example of compelling circumstances that could permit the combination between two VHF stations in that market?”