FCC Set To Vote On Ending 77-Year-Old ‘Main Studio Rule’ In Boost To Sinclair

The FCC will consider a proposal today to eliminate the so-called “Main Studio Rule,” which requires local TV and radio broadcasters to maintain studios in the communities where they are licensed. (Often, that means the place where their physical antenna is located.) Doing away with the rule, which was established in 1940, would benefit the largest broadcasters, especially Sinclair, which is set to swallow Tribune Media to become even more of a behemoth. Critics of the…

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