FCC Grant of Gray Sioux Falls Duopoly Led to More News, O'Rielly Says
The FCC’s grant to Gray Television of a top-four duopoly that allowed it to buy KDLT-TV Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- an OK that came immediately after the agency’s Prometheus IV loss at the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
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-- led to more news for local viewers and lower advertising rates, Commissioner Mike O’Rielly blogged Thursday. Groups opposed to media consolidation and some legislators accused the FCC then of flouting the 3rd Circuit’s ruling (see 1910220044). “Daring to save local television stations and trying to ensure competition in small markets through this approach doesn’t come without criticism,” O’Rielly said. Smaller markets need the same flexibility as larger markets, he said. The FCC “has shown that thinking outside the traditional media ownership box yields pro-consumer and pro-competition results,” O’Rielly said.