NASHVILLE - The FCC is making its way across the country for public hearings about the rules governing media ownership. The second of six nationwide hearings will be held Monday at Belmont University.
The final decisions on this issue could impact news in Music City.
The hearings will help in the process of deciding how many television, radio and newspapers one company can own.
For example, Virginia based Gannett, who owns The Tennessean, also owns a lot of TV stations across the country. Under current rules that date back to 1975, Gannett could not buy another media outlet in Nashville because it would own too much media in one city or market.
That could change after these hearings, allowing one company to own multiple media outlets in the same market.
There has already been one FCC hearing in Los Angeles where hundreds of people showed up.
The hearing at Belmont Monday begins at 1 p.
m. and is open to the public.
Several big names will be in town to testify, like Naomi Judd, George Jones and Porter Wagoner.
Seating is expected to be tight.
The FCC will also stream the hearing on its website. Click to watch.
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