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# FCC’s Aug 6 vote may scrap national ownership cap, not just raise it
- URL: https://fabric-media.ghost.io/fccs-aug-6-vote-may-scrap-national-ownership-cap-not-just-raise-it/
- Published: 2026-08-11T02:01:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-27T00:48:00.000Z
- Description: The FCC is weighing whether to drop the 39% national ownership cap entirely in favor of case-by-case public-interest review.
- Author: Fabric.Media Editorial
- Tags: Agencies, Tim Hanlon

**Why it matters.** Broadcasters lose the fixed 39% ceiling as a defense and must instead justify each acquisition’s scale to the FCC case-by-case.

*Signal from* [*TVREV*](https://www.tvrev.com/?ref=fabric-media.ghost.io) *·* [*Tim Hanlon*](https://fabric-media.ghost.io/tag/by-tim-hanlon/) *·* [*read the original*](https://www.tvrev.com/news/fcc-bigger-broadcast-ownership-question?ref=fabric-media.ghost.io)*.*