Senate Bill Would Grandfather TV station joint sales agreements

Sen Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced a bill that would exempt all television joint sales agreements (JSAs) in effect at the time of the Federal Communications Commission's decision that made most of them attributable as ownership interest.

The one-paragraph bill simply says that parties to JSA's in effect on the effective date of the FCC decision (March 31, 2014) "shall not be considered to be in violation of the ownership limitations..." Sens Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Tim Scott (R-SC) are co-sponsors of the bill.