Exhibit 947

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, Pub. L. 108-199, Div. B, sec. 629 (national television audience-reach limit)

Exhibit 947 · Statute

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, Pub. L. 108-199, Div. B, sec. 629 (national television audience-reach limit)

in section 202(c)(1)(B) by striking “35 percent” and inserting “39 percent”

Amends section 202(c)(1)(B) of the 1996 Act to change the national television audience-reach limit from 35 to 39 percent, adds a two-year divestiture period for entities that exceed it by acquisition, makes the quadrennial review under section 202(h) exclude rules on the 39 percent limit.

Source: United States Congress
Date: 23 January 2004
Quoted from: Div. B, sec. 629(1), 118 Stat. 99
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-108publ199/html/PLAW-108publ199.htm
Accessed: 2026-11-10
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding INF-1.1: Primary record The Telecommunications Act of 1996 directed the FCC to eliminate any national limit on the number of AM or FM stations one entity may own, set the national television audience-reach limit at 35 percent and set broadcast license terms of up to 8 years. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, approved 23 January 2004, raised the television limit to 39 percent and exempted the 39 percent rule from the Commission's quadrennial review.