Latest about Ownership Cap
New Poll Shows Widespread Opposition Broadcast TV Station Mergers
The poll commissioned by opponents of lifting FCC station group ownership rules found that 72% opposed more consolidation
NAB Once Again Urges FCC to Eliminate Ownership Rules
128 page filing says there is `no justification to keep…local ownership rules’
Trump: Lifting 39% Station Ownership Cap Could Help ‘Radical Left,’ ‘Fake News Networks’
‘NO EXPANSION OF THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS. If anything, make them SMALLER!’ Trump posted on Truth Social
Tegna Shareholders Approve Nexstar Merger
Business $6.2 billion deal would create a local TV behemoth with 265 full-power stations in 44 states and D.C.
FCC Updates Agenda for Sept. 30 Open Commission Meeting
Items include a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Quadrennial review of broadcast ownership regulations
Unions, Civil Rights Groups Argue Localism Will Be Hurt, Not Helped by Eliminating Ownership Caps
Opponents also stress that the FCC lacks the authority to change the 39% ownership cap set by Congress
Broad Coalition of Broadcasters Urge FCC to Eliminate National TV Ownership Cap
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
Sinclair CEO Ripley Meets with FCC Chair Carr in Push for Ownership Deregulation and NextGen TV Transition
The agency needs to move `expeditiously’ to approve the NAB’s proposed ATSC sunset Sinclair’s McFadden wrote in a letter describing the meeting
