Scripps to reacquire 23 ION stations | Editor and Publisher

<p>As part of its Q4 2025 earnings report, <a href="https://www.tvtechnology.com/tag/ew-scripps">E.W. Scripps</a> has announced that it is exercising its option to re-acquire 23 ION-affiliated stations for about $54 million.</p>
<p>The stations were divested to INYO Broadcast Holdings in January of 2021 as part of its acquisition of ION so that the deal would comply with <a href="https://www.tvtechnology.com/tag/fcc">Federal Communications Commission</a> ownership caps.</p>
<p>The plan to reacquire them comes at a time when the FCC is signaling that it is open to altering or <a href="https://www.tvtechnology.com/tag/ownership-rules">eliminating ownership caps</a> and several broadcast station groups have announced deals that would require changes or waivers of ownership rules.</p>
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