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\n\tThe Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on ending the ownership limit on local TV stations.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe FCC announced Wednesday that it will vote on lifting the cap, which by the letter of the law limits companies from owning local TV stations that reach more than 39 percent of the country\u2019s population. \u201cSpecifically, the FCC will vote to replace the national cap with a granular, case-by-case review,\u201d the commission\u2019s announcement reads. \u201cThis will empower the FCC to approve deals that promote the public interest while allowing the agency to reject any deals that do not meet that standard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an op-ed announcing the vote at the right-wing news site Breitbart, FCC chairman Brendan Carr argued that lifting the cap would rebalance power between station owners and other big media players, ranging from national networks to streamers and social media companies. \u201cThe 39 percent cap continues to apply uniquely to the owners of local broadcast TV stations \u2014 forcing the market out of balance,\u201d Carr wrote. \u201cToday, the cap is not protecting local broadcasters, it is preventing them from gaining the same scale that their competitors are free to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tEliminating the ownership cap would be a boon to big station owners including Nexstar \u2014\u00a0whose merger with Tegna means the company will reach 80 percent of TV households \u2014\u00a0and Sinclair, which has had talks to expand by acquiring E.W. Scripps. Nexstar released a statement in support of lifting the cap following the FCC\u2019s announcement Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tFunctionally, the cap has been somewhat flexible. The FCC has allowed station owners to own more than one station in the same market under certain conditions and gives a \u201cUHF discount\u201d that only applies half of a station\u2019s reach toward the cap if its over-the-air signal is ultra high frequency (as opposed to VHF or very high frequency). So-called shared services agreements also allow a station owner to operate another company\u2019s outlet without technically owning it.<\/p>\n

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FCC chairman Brendan Carr says his agency will vote in August on ending the cap on broadcast station ownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2604,330,646,2605],"class_list":["post-3680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-brendan-carr","tag-fcc","tag-nexstar","tag-sinclair"],"yoast_head":"\nFCC to Vote on Ending Broadcast Station Ownership Cap - US Property Moves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3680\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCC to Vote on Ending Broadcast Station Ownership Cap - 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