The XM and Sirius merger will need approval from both the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, the governmental agency that regulates radioandtelevision.
In 1987, the Federal Communications Commission voted to rescind the Fairness Doctrine, which required radioandtelevision stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.
"For most consumers, traditional broadcast media programming is now bundled with cable or satellite services, " he said, but the Federal Communications Commission's authority extends only to over-the-air televisionandradio content.