1. Autry was a businessman, to be sure, parlaying his acting and singing into television and radio station ownership. 2. A result has been upheaval in station ownership with all the networks scrambling to secure stations. 3. Fields cited a proposal in the Republican-led House to tighten restrictions on radio station ownership on a per-market and nationwide basis. 4. For the long term, Smith is looking to the Internet as a place where local station ownership will find its ultimate advantage. 5. However, Congress is considering deregulating telecommunications businesses and ending limitations on station ownership. 6. It reacted by concluding a deal with Group W Broadcasting that created a joint venture for station ownership. 7. Last February, the government lifted limits on station ownership. 8. Last February, the government eased station ownership by lifting the national limit and raising the local market cap. 9. Last year, the government lifted limits on station ownership, sparking a series of acquisitions. 10. NBC argued that the association had been extremely aggressive in pushing to relax regulations that had limited station ownership in radio but had held back in television. |