Zimmer Hits FCC For Three Commissioner Cap Repeal Blitz

Zimmer Meets With Carr to Push for End of Radio Ownership Caps

The FCC should eliminate radio ownership caps in the forthcoming 2022 quadrennial review order, said Zimmer Radio President John Zimmer in meetings last week with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and aides to Commissioners Anna Gomez and Olivia Trusty. "Like other...

Cumulus, Zimmer Again Press FCC to Lift Ownership Cap

Two commercial radio groups — one large, the other small — are the latest to lobby the FCC to eliminate its local ownership rule and allow more consolidation within markets.

A D.C. Triple Play For Zimmer Rule Reform Push

Wednesday, September 9, saw the man who has served as President of Zimmer Communications since September 1980 and since 2008 as the co-owner of Honolulu Coffee Company engage in key conversations "about the importance of ownership rules reform for small radio broadcasters" with all three FCC decisionmakers.

Zimmer Hits FCC For Three Commissioner Cap Repeal Blitz

Call it John Zimmer's grand tour of the FCC. The Missouri broadcaster met with Chairman Brendan Carr and advisors from the remaining two commissioners all in one day this past week, making his case for deregulating local radio ownership caps at every stop.