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  "path": "/2026/tv/news/directv-fcc-filing-local-news-station-consolidation-1236671877/",
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  "textContent": "As the FCC explores raising station cap limits and station groups aim for more mega-mergers — including Nexstar’s proposed acquisition of Tegna — a new report commissioned by DirecTV shows that markets with a Big Four duopoly, triopoly or even quadropoly have been left with fewer newsrooms and less diversity of voices. “Recent history shows […]",
  "title": "TV Station Group Consolidation Leaves Markets With Less Local News, According to New Study That DirecTV Has Filed With the FCC"
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