The 2-1 vote fell along party lines, with dissenting commissioner Anna Gomez saying the move is 'unlawful on its face'
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Getty Images The FCC has formally moved to eliminate the longstanding national limit on the number of TV stations that a single entity can own on a 2-1 vote that is likely to draw legal challenges.
FCC chief Brendan Carr and fellow Republican commissioner Olivia Trusty voted to end the restriction that has its roots in regulations around radio station ownership in the 1940s. Commissioner Anna Gomez, the panel’s lone Democrat, argued that the commission’s move was “unlawful on its face” as the current law that imposes a cap of 39% reach among U.S. TV households was established by Congress, not the commission, in 2012.
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