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Viewpoints  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an
independent government agency created in 1934 to regulate the
nation’s public airwaves and communications system. Its
commissioners, who are appointed by the U.S. president to serve
five-year terms, have the power to grant and revoke licenses to
radio and television stations. For decades the FCC has used its
control of the public airwaves to impose various rules
restricting media ownership. A 1941 rule barred companies from
owning more than a handful of television stations. A 1970 FCC
rule barred companies from owning radio and TV stations in the
same market, while in 1975 the FCC banned cross-ownership of a
newspaper and broadcast outlet in the same market. The rationale
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