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This is great news for Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group.

In a 2-1 vote, the commission eliminates a rule that kept station groups from reaching more than 39 percent of TV households.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote Aug. 6 on a proposal that could dramatically reshape local TV ownership by loosening long-standing limits on how many stations a single company can own.

When WCVB Boston investigative reporter Mike Beaudet aired a two-part investigation into police officers who resigned before facing discipline, about 165,000 viewers watched the station’s top-rated 6 ...

A long time ago, in 2004, the Federal Communications Commission laid down a rule designed to prevent a monopoly: No one company could broadcast to more than 39 percent of all the TV households in the ...