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FCC Report: Broadcast Ownership Shifts Amid Pirate Radio Crackdown

1/13/2025

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The FCC's latest report on Broadcast Station Ownership, dated October 1, 2023, uncovers ownership trends by gender, race, and ethnicity. Notably, the landscape shifted as 61 AM and 38 commercial FM licenses vanished, while non-commercial FM licenses surged by 191. Additionally, the FCC is cracking down on illegal pirate radio operators with proposed fines.

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Story summary

The FCC's latest report on Broadcast Station Ownership, dated October 1, 2023, uncovers ownership trends by gender, race, and ethnicity. Notably, the landscape shifted as 61 AM and 38 commercial FM licenses vanished, while non-commercial FM licenses surged by 191. Additionally, the FCC is cracking down on illegal pirate radio operators with proposed fines.