Petitions to Deny Nexstar/Tribune Due March 18; Waiver Granted
The Media Bureau established a pleading cycle for Nexstar buying Tribune, and granted waiver of a rule that would prevent the FCC from considering it until the Sinclair/Tribune hearing designation order's final resolution, said an order and public notice Thursday…
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(see 1901300054). Petitions to deny Nexstar/Tribune are due March 18, oppositions April 2 and replies April 9. The bureau had to issue a waiver for that pleading cycle to proceed because the dissolved Sinclair/Tribune involved some of the same stations at issue in Nexstar/Tribune. Rules prevent the agency from considering multiple transfers involving the same stations at once. Though Sinclair and Tribune are no longer pursuing a transaction, their applications remain pending until the FCC’s new administrative law judge rules on the HDO, Thursday’s waiver said. Allowing Nexstar/Tribune to proceed is “administratively efficient” in “these unique circumstances," it said.