Karen Brown files 'equal time' complaint against NBC10

Karen Brown, the Republican nominee for mayor, is back at war with NBC10 over a live "town hall meeting" the station hosted with Mayor Nutter last week. She just had her attorney, Republican Matt Wolfe, file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against NBC10.

Brown insisted last week that she deserved to participate in Nutter's town hall program, citing a federal law on how stations should provide equal time to political candidates.  She protested outside during the event but stopped when NBC10 promised to provide her with some air time.

Brown and Wolfe were not impressed with what NBC10 then offered on Friday -- an appearance on the @Issue program that airs on Sunday mornings.  Wolfe, in a complaint he filed today to the Federal Communications Commission, said he had asked the station to give Brown air time "substantially similar" to what Nutter had -- a half-hour broadcast starting at 7 pm on a weekday.  Wolfe said Chris Blackman, vice president for news at NBC10, said that would be "inappropriate."

Wolfe noted that Brown appeared on the @Issue program before the primary election with her opponent and was told that if she became the GOP nominee she and Nutter would appear on the program before the Nov. 8 general election.

Wolfe said NBC10 promised to get back in touch by Monday morning to discuss the matter but Brown has not heard anything since then.