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  "description": "For starters, Nexstar would need to divest stations to get to 39% and could own no more than two stations in a local market\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T13:11:33.000Z",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n■ Carr: Disney’s ABC Insisting  __The View__ is a  __Bona Fide__ News Show ■ NFL’s Antitrust Exemption Might Not Cover Streaming Deals, Carr Suggests ****■**** Key House Democrats Want Answers from Roth on BEAD Billions ****■**** Gray Media Explains Why Free TV Is Losing Access to Sports ****■**** CAR, Swarztrauber Want EchoStar to Set Aside Funds for Tower Firms ■ AT&T to Invest $250 Billion over Five Years on Network Upgrades ■ DISH Loses Gray Media Stations in 113 Markets ■ Alaska Approved by NTIA for $629 Million in BEAD Funds\n\n**Merger: The battle continues.** A coalition of state broadband associations with cable TV members wants the FCC to impose strict conditions on the **Nexstar-TEGNA merger** , a sign that this group has decided that trying to kill the deal was no longer plausible. Both **President Trump** and **FCC Chairman Brendan Carr** support the transaction. In all, eight state trade groups, including the **Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania,**sent the FCC a letter on March 9 containing several provisions designed to eliminate Nexstar’s retransmission consent bargaining leverage to the maximum extent possible following completion of the merger. “These conditions, if imposed by the [FCC], would help mitigate the transaction’s public interest harms and save consumers from substantial imminent and long-term price hikes for the same broadcast programming they are getting today,” the cable broadband groups said. ** _(More after paywall)_**\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Battle Continues As Cable Operators Demand Huge Concessions",
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