FCC will let Gannett overlap signals in Georgia. (Federal Communications Commission ruling on television stations)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 1997

Regulators are allowing Gannett Co. to hold two Georgia TV stations with overlapping signals. The FCC in 1995 gave the company one year to sell either WMAZ-TV Macon or WXIA-TV Atlanta. Since then however, the FCC has proposed changing its rules to allow common ownership of stations of which the outer portions of the signals overlap.

Citing the proposed change. Gannett asked the FCC to let it keep both stations until the commission wraps up the rulemaking. Last week, the FCC granted the request.