Pascrell, Menendez, Booker Applaud WJLP Commitment to Local New Jersey Coverage

Statement

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) today applauded the presumptive new owner of New Jersey TV station WJLP for their commitment to maintain the channel's local news coverage. The commitment comes after Pascrell, Menendez, and Booker on November 5 called on the station to keep up its public affairs programming to Garden State communities.

"There may be no state whose population suffers more from a lack of local news coverage than New Jersey. That the presumptive new owner of WJLP has told us they are committed to providing local and state news coverage on that New Jersey-based channel is gratifying. We will continue to work with the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that local media coverage is protected, and we will keep urging the FCC to hold WWOR accountable for not providing New Jersey news coverage. A broadcast license belongs to the people and license holders like WWOR and WJLP must fulfill their obligations to our neighbors," the members said in a joint statement in response to Weigel Broadcasting's commitment.

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