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2022 Quadrennial Regulatory Review-Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Federal Communications Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 17, 2025. It took effect on December 17, 2025. Comments closed on January 16, 2026.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on the Commission's media ownership rules. It asks whether the Local Radio Ownership Rule, the Local Television Ownership Rule, and the Dual Network Rule remain necessary in their existing form, or whether they should be modified of repealed. Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 directs the Commission to conduct such review every four years.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-20001
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- November 17, 2025
- Takes effect
- December 17, 2025
- Comments due
- January 16, 2026
- Dates
- Comments due on or before December 17, 2025. Reply comments due on or before January 16, 2026.
- Docket
- MB Docket No. 22-459; FCC 25-64; FR ID 317689
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 73
- Pages
- 10
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