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Investing.com -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated a review of the relationship between television networks and their affiliates, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced on Wednesday.
The regulatory examination aims to explore how local broadcasters can fulfill their "public interest obligations," according to Carr’s statement posted on social media platform X.
Carr explained that the review was prompted by reports that "national programmers are reportedly preventing those broadcasters from serving their local communities—including by punishing them for exercising their right to preempt national programming."
This marks the first time in more than 15 years that the FCC has undertaken a formal examination of network-affiliate relationships. The proceeding will specifically look at ways to "empower local broadcasters to meet their public interest obligations," Carr stated.
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