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National Television Multiple Ownership Rule (US Federal Communications Commission Regulation) (FCC) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the National Television Multiple Ownership Rule (US Federal Communications Commission Regulation) (FCC) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This document eliminates the UHF discount from the calculation of the national television audience reach cap because it is no longer justified due to the transition to digital television. The discount attributes television stations broadcasting in the UHF spectrum with only 50 percent of the television households in their Designated Market Areas (DMAs). To avoid imposing undue harm on existing broadcast television station groups that exceed the national audience reach cap without the benefit of the UHF discount, this Report and Order grandfathers combinations: In existence on September 26, 2013 (Grandfather Date), the release date of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in this proceeding; created by a transaction that had received Commission approval on or before the Grandfather Date; and proposed in applications pending before the Commission on the Grandfather Date. This book contains: - The complete text of the National Television Multiple Ownership Rule (US Federal Communications Commission Regulation) (FCC) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section