In response to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler circulating a quadrennial
media ownership review affecting broadcast ownership regulations, NAB
Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton replied,
“We’re disappointed that Chairman Wheeler continues to ignore the will
of both the courts and Congress by proposing to retain broadcast
ownership rules that long ago outlived their usefulness.”
“It is shocking that regulators who bless mammoth mergers like
AT&T/DirecTV and Charter/Time Warner Cable would still bar common
ownership of two TV stations or broadcast/newspaper combinations in a
local market,” he said. NAB, the National Association of Broadcasters,
bill themselves as “the premier advocacy association for America’s
broadcasters” while representing radio and television interests in
legislative, regulatory and public affairs.
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