As expected the FCC on Dec. 12 will officially launch its latest congressionally mandated "Quadrennial" review of broadcast ownership rules.

​ FCC chair Ajit Pai did the unveiling Tuesday (Nov. 20) in his monthly blog poston the items the FCC plans to vote on at its next public meeting, which he does when the tentative agenda is released 21 days before the meeting.

FCC chair Ajit Pai did the unveiling Tuesday (Nov. 20) in his monthly blog post on the items the FCC plans to vote on at its next public meeting, which he does when the tentative agenda is released 21 days before the meeting.

"On the media front, we’ll be kicking off a review of our media ownership rules — a review we’re required by statute to conduct every four years," he said. "The 2018 Quadrennial Review, as it’s called, will begin with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which seeks public input on the relevant rules, such as the Local Radio Ownership Rule, as well as several diversity-related proposals."

He did not say whether the FCC's UHF discount or cap on TV station group's national ownership reach is also teed up in the item, though ostensibly stakeholders are free to weigh in on that, too, if the FCC does not deal with it in a separate item.