Just days before the end of 2023, under a federal court order, the FCC approved on a 3-2 party-line vote its 2018 Quadrennial Order. While radio station ownership rules were largely untouched, the FCC’s prohibition on owning more than one top-four full-power network station in a DMA not only continued but now extends to digital multicast channels and low-power television stations.
The nation’s No. 1 owner of over-the-air television stations has now responded by suing the Commission.
