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Nexstar, Tegna file US FCC application requesting national, local ownership cap waivers

By Wesley Brown ( December 1, 2025, 21:36 GMT | Insight) -- Nexstar Media Group would serve 54.5 percent of the US national audience if allowed to merge with Tegna and is seeking a waiver of the ownership cap from the US Federal Communications Commission, according to the companies’ application with the agency. The National Television Multiple Ownership Rule is a measure that prohibits a single entity from owning so many television stations that they reach more than 39 percent of US households, after taking into account a 50 percent discount of UHF stations.Nexstar Media Group would serve 54.5 percent of the US national broadcast audience if allowed to merge with Tegna, and the companies are seeking a waiver of the ownership cap from the US Federal Communications Commission, according to an application they filed with the agency....

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