Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180402:15:43:00
It. sinclair is in talks to acquire its competitor, tribune media. tribune owns 42 stations, including in the biggest markets of new york, los angeles and chicago. the government is weighing that acquisition right now. this is what sinclair's reach would look like, roughly, if it was successful in acquiring tribune media. so how would this takeover be possible? well, the government requires the stations' group reach to be no more than 39% of all u.s. tv households. but there's a loophole. back in april of 2016, fcc chair reinstated something called the uhf discountin. they involve the differen...