FCC Dismisses TV Station Purchase After Parties to Deal Pull Request Amid Opposition
The FCC Media Bureau won't review News-Press TV's proposed acquisition of KQTV St. Joseph, Missouri, from Heartland Media, according to a consolidated database system update. NCTA and American TV Alliance (ATVA) opposed the deal, saying News-Press' ownership of low-power stations…
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transmitting CBS, Fox and NBC would give it a quadropoly in the market (see here and here). News-Press and Heartland had said ABC programming's available from another significantly viewed station in the market, eliminating any incentive to withhold KQTV programming. America’s Communications Association -- a member of ATVA -- emailed the item to reporters Thursday. The parties to the deal have pulled it voluntarily.