FOR 62 YEARS, WITH THE FCC OR FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IN PLACE; THEY HAD MANY RESTRICTIONS. ONE WAS HOW MANY STATIONS A PARTICULAR COMPANY COULD OWN AMONG OTHERS. IN THAT TIME OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996, RESTRICTIONS WERE RELAXED AND THE NUMBER OF OWNERSHIPS INCREASED. THE INTERNET FOLLOWED SUIT SHORTLY AFTER.