FCC, KXLT-TV and Gray

FCC Approves First New Combination of Top-Four Rated Television Stations in More Than Five Years with Grant of Gray’s KXLT Assignment Application
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today granted a waiver of its local ownership rules to permit Gray Media to acquire KXLT-TV (FOX) in the Rochester, Minnesota, television market, where Gray already owns KTTC-TV (NBC).
FCC Approves Gray’s Acquisition of KXLT
It is the first FCC approval of a new combination of two full-power, top-four ranked, same-market television stations in over five years, Gray reported
Gray Media Gets FCC Waiver to Acquire KXLT-TV in Minnesota
TV, which serves that market. In its decision, the FCC said it granted the waiver on the grounds that KXLT-TV qualifies as a "failing station," with little chance of an outside buyer wanting to acquire the station.
FCC Waives Ownership Rules for Gray to Buy Second Rochester Station
Today's action represents the first FCC approval of a new combination of two full-power, top-four ranked, same-market television stations in over five years.
Gray Media to acquire Fox station in Rochester
The station, KXLT, has been operated under a shared services agreement for some time; Gray Media justified the waiver by calling the Fox affiliate a "failing station." This article, Gray Media to acquire Fox station in Rochester,
FCC OKs Gray’s Purchase Of KXLT Rochester, Minn.
Gray says it’s the FCC’s first approval of a new combination of top-four rated television stations in more than five years. The post FCC OKs Gray’s Purchase Of KXLT Rochester, Minn. appeared first on TV News Check.
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