> What is the limit of the amount of stations you can own in
> one market?
Summarized from <a target="_blank" href=http://ftp.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/reviewrules.html>http://ftp.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/reviewrules.html</a>:
In a market with 45 or more commercial radio stations, up to 8 commercial radio stations, not more than 5 of which are in the same service (AM or FM).
In a market with between 30 and 44 commercial radio stations, up to 7 commercial radio stations, not more than 4 of which are in the same service (AM or FM).
In a market with between 15 and 29 commercial radio stations, up to 6 commercial radio stations, not more than 4 of which are in the same service (AM or FM).
In a market with 14 or fewer commercial radio stations, up to 5 commercial radio stations, not more than 3 of which are in the same service (AM or FM), except that one company may not own, operate, or control more than 50% of the stations in that market.
No one can own television stations that would reach more than 35% of U.S. television households. “Reach” is defined as the number of television households in the TV Designated Market Area (DMA) to which each owned station is assigned. VHF stations are attributable with all TV households in the DMA; UHF stations are attributable with 50% of the DMA households.
A company can own two television stations in the same DMA provided at least one of the stations is not ranked among the four highest-ranked stations in the DMA, and at least eight independently-owned commercial or non-commercial broadcast television stations would remain in the DMA after the proposed combination.
Common ownership of at least one television and one radio station in a market is allowed; in larger markets, additional stations can be owned depending on the number of other independently owned media outlets in the market, as outlined above.
Sorry if that made you dizzy.
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