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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ FCC Seeks Comments on the State of Competition in the Communications Industry ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The information will be used to assess how the industry is impacted by current regulations, including station ownership caps, and could provide an opening for further deregulation ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Study: Station Groups Spending Millions Lobbying to Abolish Ownership Caps ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nexstar spent $3.2 million lobbying the FCC in 2025 on various issues while Sinclair spent $800,000, according a new report from OpenSecrets ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sen. Cruz Announces Hearing on Broadcast Media Ownership Rules ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing set for Feb. 10 will pay particular attention to the rule prohibiting station groups from reaching no more than 39% of TV homes ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:53:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Regulatory &amp; Legal]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Survey: Voters Say Broadcast Ownership Cap Is Unfair to Local Stations ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The NAB released survey data showing that 58% said the current ownership rules are `unfair’ and 38% are more likely to vote for lawmakers who want to eliminate them ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:58:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Regulatory &amp; Legal]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KRLEL4YiHNnpLvBLD4yh7M-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Poll Shows Widespread Opposition to Broadcast TV Station Mergers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Poll commissioned by opponents of lifting FCC station group ownership rules found that 72% opposed more consolidation ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:36:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:07:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NAB Once Again Urges FCC to Eliminate Ownership Rules ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 128 page filing says there is `no justification to keep…local ownership rules’ ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:48:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Regulatory &amp; Legal]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trump: Lifting 39% Station Ownership Cap Could Help ‘Radical Left,’ ‘Fake News Networks’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ ‘NO EXPANSION OF THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS. If anything, make them SMALLER!’ Trump posted on Truth Social ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:13:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:56:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tegna Shareholders Approve Nexstar Merger ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ $6.2 billion deal would create a local TV behemoth with 265 full-power stations in 44 states and D.C. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:15:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:32:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kq5Th6UNmt3NYi2Zz3wYzA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Tegna headquarters in McLean, Va. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Signage is displayed outside Tegna Inc. headquarters in McLean, Virginia, U.S., on Friday, March, 13, 2020. Comedian and TV producer Byron Allen has made a $20-a-share, all-cash offer for Tegna in a deal that values the TV station owner at $8.5 billion, including debt, according to a person familiar with the situation. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ FCC Updates Agenda for Sept. 30 Open Commission Meeting ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Items include a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Quadrennial review of broadcast ownership regulations ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unions, Civil Rights Groups Argue Localism Will Be Hurt, Not Helped by Eliminating Ownership Caps ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Opponents also stress that the FCC lacks the authority to change the 39% ownership cap set by Congress ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:46:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Regulatory &amp; Legal]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Broad Coalition of Broadcasters Urge FCC to Eliminate National TV Ownership Cap ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The joint filing by the NAB and other broadcasters “reflects an extraordinary level of consensus across America’s broadcasters,” that the rules must change, NAB’s LeGeyt said ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c5BwNNDzFzKvA2aLfcNU9N-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sinclair CEO Ripley Meets with FCC Chair Carr in Push for Ownership Deregulation and NextGen TV Transition ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The agency needs to move `expeditiously’ to approve the NAB’s proposed ATSC sunset Sinclair’s McFadden wrote in a letter describing the meeting ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ TV Tech’s Top Regulatory Stories of 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our most popular regulatory stories of the first half of 2025 highlight growing interest in contentious government policies ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:12:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:21:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NFFupJYm2usn6WgqMbfaBj-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[FCC Chair Brendan Carr (center) with FCC Commissioners Anna Gomez (left) and Olivia Trusty (right) are considering regulatory issues that could reshape the broadcast industry.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[FCC Commissioners Anna Gomez (left) and Olivia Trusty (right) with FCC Chair Brendan Carr (center) during the May Open Meeting. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Comments on FCC Ownership Rules Due in August  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Initial filings are due Aug. 4 and reply comments on Aug. 22 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:08:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:56:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PW8VPS4UY4vAoYXmG8Vmu3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ FCC Chair Brendan Carr Promises ‘Very, Very Busy, Productive' Summer ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Denies agency is leaning towards preserving ownership caps for network O&Os and reiterated its authority to regulate news content on broadcast stations ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:33:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:16:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NFFupJYm2usn6WgqMbfaBj-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 22 Republican U.S. Senators Urge FCC to “Modernize” Ownership Rules ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “The fast-evolving media marketplace has made broadcast ownership regulations in urgent need of modernization,” the letter said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 21:13:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KRLEL4YiHNnpLvBLD4yh7M-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How a Reverse Compensation Cap Could Save Local Journalism ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.tvtechnology.com/opinion/how-a-reverse-compensation-cap-could-save-local-journalism</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Station group owner says reforming retrans payments would boost localism, ATSC 3.0 rollout ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 15:09:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Armstrong Williams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nV2mw5f2REN2BMayFR7Nsc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NAB Urges FCC to “Completely Repeal” Broadcast TV Ownership Restrictions ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ “There is simply no good reason to keep any artificial limits on TV station groups’ audience reach,” the NAB argued ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:42:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PW8VPS4UY4vAoYXmG8Vmu3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The headquarters of the FCC in Washington, D.C. where the NAB is hoping the agency&#039;s new leadership will make major changes in the ownership rules governing broadcast station groups.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The headquarters of the FCC in Washington, D.C.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nexstar CEO Perry Sook Sees Deregulation Opportunities With Trump ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ ‘Time is now’ to pursue ownership reforms and push harder for ATSC 3.0, Sook told Wall Street analysts ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:34:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ufofCckDuTGUBtFiwEMpGc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nexstar founder and CEO Perry Sook]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Nexstar founder and CEO Perry Sook]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sook Urges Action on Ownership Cap, Citing Cross-Media Competitive Realities ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nexstar Chief Endorses ATSC 3.0 Opportunities to Washington Policymakers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:42:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Gary Arlen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TAa7Hfpj6scSyJYiywphDS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Update: FCC to Kick Off Quadrennial Broadcast Reg Review Next Month ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Will not include national ownership cap or UHF discount. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:11:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Eggerton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2EQQe6ytb3BRZSaEPi7xrW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ State AGs Say FCC Can't Raise Ownership Cap ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Also ask it to scrap UHF discount ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:52:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Eggerton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dfdMrDnF9HpgpWGzkaddRb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sinclair Is Divesting WGN, WPIX, But... ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Deal includes potential services agreement with buyer of both ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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