FCC rules currently prohibit “cross ownership” – where the local newspaper also owns radio or TV stations in the same town. The thinking was that concentrated too much power in one company. There are a few grandfathered situations like the Chicago Tribune owning WGN.<\/p>\n
The FCC is looking to relax the rule, but not end it
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It would create a new process where the FCc would make a subjective evaluation in a case by case basis, which has the distinct odor of setting up a system of political shakedowns to get that approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FCC rules currently prohibit “cross ownership” – where the local newspaper also owns radio or TV stations in the same town. The thinking was that concentrated too much power in one company. There are a few grandfathered situations like the … Continue reading