 The deal gave Fox upgrades in the home market of the Saints and the local market of the Packers (Fox had already acquired the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee, the Packers other official home market), giving Fox VHF affiliates in eleven of the fifteen NFC markets.On September 23, 1994, NBC filed a petition to the FCC challenging the purchase of WLUK, alleging that SF was a shell corporation created by News Corporation to circumvent FCC limits on the amount of capital that a foreign company can invest in an American television station; NBC withdrew the petition on February 17, 1995, and the FCC approved the deal two months later on April 27.After the sale was completed, the stations did not immediately switch their affiliations to Fox