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https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-price-issues-statement-fcc-sinclair-tribune-merger-announcement	Congressman Price Issues Statement on FCC Sinclair-Tribune Merger Announcement	2018-07-16	2018	2018-07	Democrat	House	NC	David Price	P000523	price.house.gov			legacy	WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 16, 2018) On Monday, July 16, 2018, Congressman David Price (D-NC) issued the following statement after FCC Chairman Ajit Pai stated he has serious concerns with the Sinclair-Tribune merger and announced he would send the merger through a lengthy administrative review process. In July 2017, Congressman David Price (D-NC) and Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) introduced the Local and Independent Television Protection Act to protect local television markets across the country from corporate consolidation by ending the so-called UHF Discount, an obsolete FCC loophole reinstated by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai weeks before the Sinclair-Tribune merger was announced. "Almost one year ago, I introduced a bill with Rep. Jared Huffman to effectively block media mega-mergers like this. Under the leadership of Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC reinstated a technologically obsolete loophole allowing broadcast corporations with ideological motives like Sinclair to become media behemoths. While today's announcement is a positive first step toward ensuring the FCC upholds its mission to protect localism, diversity, and competition in media, we must continue to pressure the Chairman to end the UHF discount and other loopholes that harm local programming in our country. ###	1	2026-03-30T12:14:52Z	2026-03-30T12:14:52Z