A possible initiative by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal or revise a rule and allow companies to have increased ownership of television stations has been opposed by President Donald Trump.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has publicly mulled changing the body’s “national television multiple ownership rule” or “national audience reach cap,” a federal regulation that limits any one entity from owning television networks that reach more than 39 percent of television households in the country.
“I am glad that we are launching this proceeding,” Carr said in 2017 when the commission issued a notice seeking public comment on the rule.
In June this year, the FCC reopened the docket and asked for updated public comments in order to “refresh the record.”…