Justice tells ARS to sell stations; radio station group must reduce share of ad revenues in Rochester to 42%; drop JSA. (Department of Justice, American Radio Systems Corp., joint sales agreement for advertising sales on WNVE-FM must be cancelled)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1996 by Rathbun, Elizabeth A.

Radio station group must reduce share of ad revenues in Rochester to 42%; drop JSA The Justice Department has lowered the revenue that a particular radio broadcaster can reap in a market from about 50% in Cincinnati to 42% in Rochester, N.Y. And that number could go lower, depending on the city and the holdings, a department official indicates.

Although "a substantial amount of consolidation can occur without provoking a challenge," some broadcasters may be in violation of antitrust laws even if they comply with the local ownership cap of eight stations per market, says David Turetsky, deputy assistant attorney general. In cases such as that of American Radio Systems Corp. in Rochester, the ca--which also limits holdings to five of a kind, AM or...

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