Cox Media Group Pleads To FCC For Radio Rule Relief

More Radio Groups Seek Market Waivers to Exceed Strict Ownership Caps

In markets large and small, several radio broadcast groups appear to be getting out ahead of possible changes coming to the Federal Communications Commission’s radio ownership rules by asking for waivers to exceed the current local market caps. In many respects, experts believe, the industry is already behaving as if those limits have been relaxed. The commission is considering about a half dozen waiver requests from radio broadcasters to go ove…

Cox Media Group Pleads To FCC For Radio Rule Relief

The FCC’s Local Radio Ownership Rule has drawn a steady stream of visitors to commissioners’ offices this summer. Now Cox Media Group is the latest broadcaster to press the case for looser radio ownership rules directly to commissioners. On August 11, Cox Media Group Radio President Rob Babin, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel Alysia Long, and Corporate Counsel Taylor Lamb met with Marcus Maher, the Senior Legal Advisor in the …

CMG Latest to Press FCC on Radio Ownership Rules

The FCC's Local Radio Ownership Rule has drawn a steady stream of visitors to commissioners' offices this summer. Now Cox Media Group is the latest broadcaster to press the case for looser radio ownership rules directly to commissioners.