FCC Advances Plan to Ease Mergers of TV Networks, Station Groups
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, center, during an open commission meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Washington on Sept. 30.
Photographer: Kent Nishimura/BloombergThe Federal Communications Commission advanced plans to reform broadcast ownership rules, including a proposal that would allow the Big Four TV networks to merge.
The commission voted Tuesday to seek public comment on whether to revoke a rule that bars a single company from owning more than two stations in a local market and another that prevents the major broadcast networks from combining.