Each have served as Republican Chairs of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which maintains oversight of the FCC. This week, they joined together to pen an opinion piece for the Capitol Hill-focused news organization owned by Nexstar Media Group to help give that company and its peers in the broadcast TV space a little lobbying help.
In their view, the “arbitrary” 39% national television ownership reach cap should disappear. So should “arcane” radio industry rules.