Ownership Cap

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

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

Poll commissioned by opponents of lifting FCC station group ownership rules found that 72% opposed more consolidation

128 page filing says there is `no justification to keep…local ownership rules’

‘NO EXPANSION OF THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS. If anything, make them SMALLER!’ Trump posted on Truth Social

Business $6.2 billion deal would create a local TV behemoth with 265 full-power stations in 44 states and D.C.

Items include a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Quadrennial review of broadcast ownership regulations

Opponents also stress that the FCC lacks the authority to change the 39% ownership cap set by Congress

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

The agency needs to move `expeditiously’ to approve the NAB’s proposed ATSC sunset Sinclair’s McFadden wrote in a letter describing the meeting