FCC Denies Journal's Request For Failing Station Waiver

The Federal Communications Commission has denied Journal Broadcast Corp.'s request for a "failing station" waiver that would have allowed it to buy KNIN-TV, the CW affiliate in Caldwell, Idaho, from Banks-Boise Inc. Journal needed a waiver because the purchase would have created a duopoly with Journal's KIVI(TV) Nampa, Idaho. Both stations are in the Boise DMA and the duopoly would have left fewer than eight independently owned TV stations in the market, which violates FCC ownership rules.