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FCC Opens Way For A Media Company's Dominance

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A sign for the Sinclair Broadcast building is seen in a business district in 2004 in Hunt Valley, Md. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
A sign for the Sinclair Broadcast building is seen in a business district in 2004 in Hunt Valley, Md. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Sinclair Broadcast Group, the biggest owner-operator of TV stations in the country, seeks to acquire Tribune, another media giant. While the FCC hasn't approved the merger, it's paved the way for Sinclair to control more and more local stations.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) joins Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti to explain what these changes might mean.

This segment aired on October 26, 2017.

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