Exhibit 946

Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104, sections 202 and 203 (broadcast ownership; term of licenses)

Exhibit 946 · Statute

Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104, sections 202 and 203 (broadcast ownership; term of licenses)

by eliminating any provisions limiting the number of AM or FM broadcast stations which may be owned or controlled by one entity nationally.

Section 202 directs the FCC to eliminate any national limit on the number of AM or FM stations one entity may own, to set local radio caps by market size (8 stations in markets of 45 or more, down to 5 in markets of 14 or fewer), to eliminate the national limit on the number of television stations and raise the national audience-reach limit to 35 percent, to review local television limits, and to review its ownership rules biennially. Section 203 sets broadcast licence terms of up to 8 years.

Source: United States Congress
Date: 8 February 1996
Quoted from: Sec. 202(a), 110 Stat. 111
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ104/html/PLAW-104publ104.htm
Accessed: 2026-11-10
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding INF-1.1: Primary record The Telecommunications Act of 1996 directed the FCC to eliminate any national limit on the number of AM or FM stations one entity may own, set the national television audience-reach limit at 35 percent and set broadcast license terms of up to 8 years. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, approved 23 January 2004, raised the television limit to 39 percent and exempted the 39 percent rule from the Commission's quadrennial review.