GOP Senators To FCC: Don't Change JSAs Outside Quadrennial Review

The National Association of Broadcasters is collecting support for its pushback on an Federal Communications Commission proposal to make TV joint sales agreements above 15% of a station's ad time attributable as ownership interest in that station. The latest comes from six Republican senators who have written FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to say they are "deeply concerned" that the move, which Wheeler plans to vote on at the March 31 meeting, comes before the FCC wraps up its 2010 quadrennial ownership review and before it has launched its 2014 review. Wheeler plans to launch a combined 2010/2014 review at that same March 31 meeting.

Signing the letter were Sens. Timothy Scott (R-SC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Dan Coats (R-IN) and Pat Toomey (R-PA).