NABOB has always opposed JSAs and SSAs, but a change is in the air. In meetings with the FCC, NABOB proposed a potential policy shift that might help address the abysmal state of African American commercial television station ownership. In an ex parte notice in the FCC’s Ownership proceeding, NABOB summarized a proposal that would encourage companies using JSAs and SSAs to use these agreements to promote full minority operation of television stations.
In the ex parte notice, NABOB stated the following:
