Tegna Granted 9-Month Local Ownership Waiver

The FCC Media Bureau approved an application to transfer three TV licenses owned by Jack Sander to Tegna, and granted a nine-month temporary waiver of the local TV ownership rule in a transaction connected to Gannett buying Belo, said a letter issued Monday. The stations are in markets where the former Gannett also held newspaper interests: KGW Portland, Oregon; WHAS-TV Louisville; and KMSB Tucson. The nine-month waiver is intended to allow Tegna to unwind a joint sales agreement in Tucson, the letter said.