FCC Opens Docket and Seeks Comment for 2022 Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules

The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau started the 2022 Quadrennial Review of the FCC’s media ownership rules. The Bureau seeks comment on whether the media ownership rules remain “necessary in the public interest as the result of competition.” Although the FCC has not yet adopted final rules in the 2018 Quadrennial Review proceeding, it remains cognizant of the statutory obligation to review the broadcast ownership rules every four years. Just as the previous (2018) quadrennial review was initiated in December of 2018, the FCC seeks to commence this subsequent (2022) review before the end of the 2022 calendar year. [MB Docket No. 22-459] [Comment Date: 45 days after publication in the Federal Register]