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08/06/2026
FCC Votes to Rescind 39% Cap
The Super Bowl is typically played on the second Sunday of February. For the broadcast industry, it took place last week within the confines of the FCC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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08/05/2026
Sinclair, Broadcast Industry Awaits FCC Vote
Thursday’s Open Commission Meeting will include voting on an order that would repeal the 39% national ownership cap. Sinclair is among the broadcast groups getting ready to tackle a new dawn.
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07/22/2026
FCC’s Next Fight: The 39% Broadcast Cap
The FCC’s July meeting set the stage for August’s real fight: the broadcast ownership cap.
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06/18/2026
Another DirecTV Duopoly Strikeout
Another broadcast deal received the blessing of the FCC Media Bureau over DirecTV’s objections. The Mario Peter Iacobelli Revocable Trust, which controls Heritage Broadcasting, got the green light Thursday to acquire Cadillac Telecasting’s WFQX and WFUP.
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06/04/2026
Nexstar, Scripps, Sinclair on Merger Madness
Nexstar President/COO Michael Biard phoned into Gabelli’s annual sports and media symposium in NYC on Thursday to give a status update on where things stand in the courts with its Tegna merger.
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05/07/2026
Nexstar Stays Confident on Tegna
To say the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna merger is in a tricky spot would be an understatement.