House Goes After FCC Ruling

WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of lawmakers has filed a measure aimed at nullifying the controversial Federal Communications Commission rule that would end the 32-year-old ban on radio and television broadcasters owning newspapers in the nation’s largest media markets.

The House version of the “legislative veto” unveiled by five congressmen on Thursday is a companion to a similar “resolution of disapproval” introduced in the Senate this month.

“Consolidation already has brought us to the point where two companies control 70 percent of market revenue in an average radio market,” said U.S.

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