Sinclair Loses Round 1 in Ownership Challenge

Sinclair Broadcast Group's challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's ownership rules will have to be in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, for now at least.

The Federal Appeals Court for the District of Columbia rejected the broadcast group's request that it immediately step in.

The FCC voted in December to leave rules in place that allow ownership of two TV stations in a market only if at least eight independent voices remain (the so-called eight-voices test).


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