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Free Press Action Fund is hosting an event at NJIT in Newark to discuss legislation that could better inform local communities.

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said he’ll move to weaken or kill local media ownership restrictions next month, potentially clearing the way for more consolidation among companies that own TV and radio stations.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai unveiled a series of proposals to relax media-ownership rules, including ending the ban on the ownership of a newspaper and broadcast station in the same market.

The Federal Communications Commission wants to roll back landmark media-ownership regulations that prohibit owning a television station and newspaper in the same market and making it easier to acquire additional TV or radio stations, Chairman Ajit Pai said on Wednesday.

The FCC will be voting to roll back prohibitions against common ownership of a newspaper and broadcast station in the same area, the chairman said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — At a House oversight hearing on Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced plans to obliterate longstanding media-ownership rules.

Federal regulators have voted to eliminate a longstanding rule covering radio and television stations in a move that could reshape America’s media landscape.

WASHINGTON — The FCC voted on Tuesday to eliminate the “main studio rule,” which requires TV and radio broadcasters to maintain studios in or near the communities they serve.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, a bipartisan coalition of senators introduced the USA RIGHTS Act, which would reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Regulators eliminated a nearly 80-year-old requirement for TV and radio stations to maintain a main studio in or near the communities they serve, a step that critics called a step toward homogenized programming.