MCN Breaking News: FCC Keeps Most Broadcast Ownership Restrictions
June 27, 2016
FCC Keeps Most Broadcast Ownership Restrictions
Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler has circulated a quadrennial media ownership review item that retains, with some tweaks, most of the current restrictions on dual station and newspaper/station ownership and even adds some. Broadcasters had been hoping for some relief given what they said was major competition from MVPDs and the Web. John Eggerton reports.