D.C. Memo: Center for American Rights Funds Media Campaign Favoring Repeal of FCC’s 39% Cap
CAR says the 39% Cap is stifling free markets and failing to check the power of Big Tech and Big Hollywood
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39% Cap: A conservative media watchdog group concerned about liberal news bias at the ABC, NBC, and CBS broadcast networks and the market clout of Big Tech today launched a website and a paid ad campaign in support of local TV stations hamstrung by a decades-old federal ownership cap. The call for deregulation, sponsored by the Center for American Rights (CAR) in Chicago, took aim at an FCC regulation that says a TV station owner like Nexstar Media Group can’t reach more than 39% of TV households nationally. No other video service, including direct broadcast TV competitors like Newsmax, YouTube TV or Amazon Prime Video, faces the same kind of operational limitation. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has relaxation and possible elimination of the 39% cap under agency review. “The Center for American Rights stands with President Trump, Chairman Carr, and their deregulatory agenda. By giving regulatory relief to local broadcasters, we can empower local voices and support a stronger counterbalance to the national networks,” said CAR President Daniel Suhr. (More after paywall.)
