The FCC has granted a waiver of its television duopoly rule to Univision Television Group.

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1997

The FCC has granted a waiver of its television duopoly rule to Univision Television Group. Univision is buying KUZZ-TV Bakersfield, Calif., from Buck Owens Production Co. (B&C, July 21). The buyer already owns KMEX-TV LOS Angeles and KFTV(TV) Hanford, Calif.; both have Grade B contour overlaps with KUZZ-TV.

Univision argued successfully that because the stations have no Grade A overlap, are in different DMAs and broadcast in different languages to different audiences (KMEX-TV and KFTV in Spanish as Univision affiliates; KUZZ-TV in English as a UPN affiliate), the commission should allow the multiple ownership. The commission agreed, at least until its review of the duopoly and multiple ownership rules is resolved.