FCC Hands Alabama TV Station a Must Carry Win Over Dish Network

Station Gets Satellite TV Carriage in Two DMAs

By Ted Hearn, Editor of Policyband

Washington, D.C., April 4, 2024 – Federal regulators today handed an Alabama TV station a victory in its attempt to maximize distribution by satellite TV provider Dish Network, which had warned the station was trying to game the rules in a way that might encourage other stations to copy.

Acting on the station’s must carr…