1 of 1
Story summary
- FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the Bureau’s March 19 approval of Nexstar’s $6.2 billion purchase of TEGNA is not final.
- Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania petitioned the three-member FCC panel to review the March order.
- Blue states and DirecTV sued, prompting Judge Troy Nunley’s April 17 injunction that forces Nexstar to keep TEGNA separate.
- The Media Bureau waived the 39 % ownership cap, letting the merger give Nexstar reach up to 80 % of households.
