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The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said he’ll move to weaken or kill local media ownership restrictions next month, potentially clearing the way for more consolidation among companies that own TV and radio stations.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai unveiled a series of proposals to relax media-ownership rules, including ending the ban on the ownership of a newspaper and broadcast station in the same market.

The FCC will be voting to roll back prohibitions against common ownership of a newspaper and broadcast station in the same area, the chairman said Wednesday.

The Federal Communications Commission wants to roll back landmark media-ownership regulations that prohibit owning a television station and newspaper in the same market and making it easier to acquire additional TV or radio stations, Chairman Ajit Pai said on Wednesday.

Regulators eliminated a nearly 80-year-old requirement for TV and radio stations to maintain a main studio in or near the communities they serve, a step that critics called a step toward homogenized programming.

After a campaign season spent boosting Trump, Sinclair looks set to grow even bigger thanks to the president’s appointees at the Federal Communications Commission.

Federal regulators have voted to eliminate a longstanding rule covering radio and television stations in a move that could reshape America's media landscape.

Days after President Trump suggested that network outlets’ broadcast licenses should be revoked because of “partisan, distorted and fake” news coverage, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is being pressed to speak out on what some journalism groups see as an attack on First Amendment values.

There's an opportunity to take a pioneering lead in restoring crucial communications networks, including radio.

President Trump continued his assault on NBC News Friday, retweeting former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's assertion that "the president will not be able to impact licenses, but he is doing major damage to the NBC brand."