FCC, NAB Lose Bid For Third Circuit En Banc Hearing Of Appeal Of Court's Rejection Of Ownership Rule Changes

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The FCC has lost its bid to have the full THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS hear its appeal of the ruling by a three-judge panel that vacated and remanded its 2017 broadcast ownership rule changes loosening cross-ownership and duopoly prohibitions.

Petitions by the Commission and by a group of broadcast interests led by the NAB for an en banc hearing before the entire court were dismissed TODAY in a terse one-sentence decision signed by Judge THOMAS L. AMBRO, leaving the Commission and the NAB with only a SUPREME COURT review as an option for appeal.

The case is PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT, et al., vs. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

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