The NAB, a coalition of network affiliates and a number of large broadcast station groups have filed replying comments urging the Federal Communications Commission to end a variety of ownership restrictions and caps.
The filings from the NAB, Sinclair, Scripps, Cox, Nexstar, Fox, Trinity Broadcastingand a coalition of network affiliates also rebutted arguments in FCC filings by unions, public interest groups, nonprofits, individual consumers, pay TV groups and some smaller broadcasters. who oppose eliminating the ownership caps.
The reply comments by the NAB and other broadcasters ’s comments are part of the the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2022 Quadrennial Regulatory Review. The deadline for comments and reply comments in the Quadrennial Review ended on Jan. 16.
In its reply comments, the NAB once again urged the Commission to modernize local radio and TV ownership rules that no longer reflect today’s media landscape. Despite dramatic changes in how Americans consume media, local broadcasters continue to be shackled by rules first crafted nearly a century ago, severely limiting their ability to compete against streaming giants and big tech companies that are not subject to those regulations, the NAB argued.
