Trump pours cold water on proposed FCC rule change that would shake up local TV news

Nexstar and Sinclair’s stocks fell after President Trump went against his FCC head, saying that removing a cap on TV-station ...

Tegna shares fall 5% after Trump criticizes lifting local TV ownership cap

Shares in Tegna fell 5.5% on Monday after President Donald Trump criticized a proposal to lift the current cap on local ...

Trump Opposes FCC Raising 39% TV Ownership Cap if It Would ‘Enlarge’ ‘Fake News Networks’ Like ABC, NBC — but It Wouldn’t Do That

President Donald Trump weighed in on the FCC’s potential move to raise or eliminate the current 39% cap on local TV station ...
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Nexstar is betting on Trump’s blessing to pull off a giant merger of local TV stations

“Nexstar chair and CEO Perry Sook went out of his way to praise President Donald Trump while asking regulators to approve a $6.2 billion deal to buy rival Tegna. The merger would make Nexstar by far ...
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Local TV Pushback Of Network Programming Heralded By Carr

The comments came following the highly anticipated September Open Meeting of the FCC, during which the Commissioners voted 3-0 to begin its long-delayed process of starting its 2022 Quadrennial Review ...

Should Your Local CBS Station Be Able to Pick Up Shows From Another Network? The FCC Wants to Find Out

The Commission, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, has started a proceeding that will examine the relationship between networks ...
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Nexstar Media Group joined Sinclair Broadcast Group in bringing Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show back to its local TV stations on Friday night, ending a dayslong TV blackout for dozens of cities ...