By George Winslow, TVTechnology.com, 2-10-26
During a major Senate hearing on broadcast ownership caps, witnesses and U.S. Senators generally agreed that local journalism faces serious challenges that threaten local communities and the larger democratic system but had widely divergent views on whether the elimination of broadcast ownership rules would address the problem.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, convened a full committee hearing on Feb. 10 that examined the Federal Communications Commission’s current broadcast media ownership rules for over two hours with four major expert witnesses, including NAB president and CEO Curtis LeGeyt. » Read More