FCC Plan To ‘Modernize’ Broadcast Ownership Rules Is On | Radio & Television Business Report

FCC Launches Its Review of AM/FM Ownership Limits

The FCC has officially launched a new review of local broadcast ownership rules. The commission is required by Congress to review these rules every four years. FCC watchers believe that under a Republican president and FCC chair, the process this time will end with sweeping changes to radio market caps, probably heralding more ownership consolidation. The monthly meeting was interrupted by protestors calling for the removal of Chairman Brendan C…

The FCC launches a Congressionally mandated review of its media ownership rules, including a rule limiting a company from owning over two stations in a market

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FCC Begins Quadrennial Review Of Ownership Caps

The FCC voted today to begin the 2022 quadrennial regulatory review of its broadcast ownership rules. Through the review, the commission will be seeking comments on the Local Radio Ownership Rule, which limits the total number of radio stations that may be commonly owned in a local market and the Local Television Rule, which limits a single entity from owning more than two television stations in the same local market. The commission is seeking i…

FCC Plan To ‘Modernize’ Broadcast Ownership Rules Is On | Radio & Television Business Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  The FCC has advanced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would advance the Commission’s quadrennial regulatory review of its broadcast ownership rules and seek public comment on whether — given the current state of the media marketplace — it should retain, modify, or eliminate any of these rules. Now comes a public comment period, one that will likely see a flood of filings advocating for needed regulatory relief and warning…

FCC Expected to Approve Review of Broadcast Ownership Rules

Commission expected to approve NPRM at today's monthly meeting

The FCC's Broadcast-Ownership Review: Will the Agency Open the Door for Comprehensive Reform?

On the docket for this week’s meeting of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on broadcast-ownership rules, which just so happens to arrive amid a profound shift in the industry’s content-distribution model from broadcast to streaming. Streaming services now command nearly half of all U.S. television viewing, while local broadcast stations struggle under regulations designed for a bygone era of sp…