Latest about ownership rules

FCC Commissioners Anna Gomez (left) and Olivia Trusty (right) with FCC Chair Brendan Carr (center) during the May Open Meeting.

NBCUniversal Blasts Idea of Two-Tiered Station Ownership Rules

By George Winslow published

FCC filing said that there should not be two separate ownership caps for network O&Os and other TV station groups

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NAB: Ownership Caps Have Created a ‘True Emergency for TV Broadcasters’

By George Winslow published

‘The record shows that the need for TV broadcasters to gain scale now has become an emergency,’ the group told the FCC

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FCC Chair Brendan Carr

Carr Says FCC's 2022 Quadrennial Review ‘Will Be Inspired' by Court Ruling Eliminating Some Ownership Rules

By George Winslow published

The ruling ‘makes clear the deregulatory intent that Congress had when it set the FCC down on this path of the quadrennial reviews,’ Carr says

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U.S. Appeals Court Vacates FCC’s Top-Four Station Ownership Rule

By George Winslow published

NAB, FCC chair Brendan Carr applaud 8th Circuit’s ruling overturning FCC rules that station groups can’t own more than one of the four most-watched TV stations in a market

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FCC Chair Brendan Carr

FCC Sets Comment Deadlines on Proposed Foreign Ownership Rules

By George Winslow published

Must be filed on or before July 23 with replies due on or before Aug. 22

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FCC Seeks Public Comments on Changing Broadcast Ownership Rules

By George Winslow published

NAB applauded the move, which could lead to significant changes in national station ownership caps

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David Farber, anchor CNBC (left) and Brendan Carr, FCC chair at the Milken Institute.

FCC’s Carr Calls Station Ownership Caps ‘Arcane’ and ‘Artificial‘

By George Winslow published

In an interview, he provided his clearest signal to date that he wants to remove them

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NAB CEO Unveils Broadcasters’ Policy Priorities

By George Winslow published

Modernizing ownership caps, AM radio, NextGen TV, tax issues, protecting investments in local content are among the top priorities in the 119th Congress

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73 Members of Congress Call on FCC to Loosen Broadcast Station Ownership Rules

By George Winslow published

69 Republicans and 4 Democrats signed a letter saying “outdated ownership rules…hinder broadcasters nationwide”

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NAB Slams FCC’s Failure to Update an `Antiquated Broadcast Regulatory Regime’

By George Winslow published

In an FCC filing the NAB argues that outdated ownership caps and a host of other rules “imperils the competitive viability of local television and radio stations”

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