Supreme Court Backs FCC, Allows Relaxed Media-Ownership Limits

The U.S. Supreme Court let the Federal Communications Commission ease limits on the ownership of local television and radio stations, siding with the broadcast industry and Trump-era regulators in a long-running fight.

The justices unanimously overturned an appeals court ruling that had required the FCC to first study the potential impact on female and minority ownership in the media industry.

The broadcast industry and many Republican lawmakers had been seeking to relax the ownership limits for decades, saying the restrictions were badly outdated.

“I don’t think this is going to facilitate a wave of acquisitions,” Jack Goodman, a Washington-based broadcast ...