A series of letters were sent by Johnathan Rodgers, President & CEO, TV One, and Michael Schwimmer, CEO, SiTV, to express concern with the FCC's push for new government regulations that Rodgers and Schwimmer feel would stifle the growth of diverse programming aimed at minority and targeted audiences.

While FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has characterized these prospective regulations as friendly to minority programmers and to the cause of diversity in television programming generally, we believe these regulations, if adopted, would reduce channel space available for prospective new minority programmers and undermine the recent progress in the creation of dedicated program networks for African-American, Latino and Asian-American audiences.

The letter goes on to address such issues as the digital TV transition, Must Carry, the “lease” of surplus broadcast spectrum, and mandatory a la carte.

Letters were sent to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; the House Committee on Energy & Commerce; the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; and the Congressional Black Caucus.