The musicFIRST Coalition, after the American Music Fairness Act’s stagnation in Congress, focuses on reinstating the FM portion of the Radio Duplication Rule, arguing its removal has diminished programming diversity. They held a virtual meeting with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez’s office, contending that eliminating the rule has allowed corporate radio owners to monopolize spectrum, contrary to the Administrative Procedure Act. They criticize the lack of notice and public comment opportunities. The original rule aimed to prevent identical programming on stations with common ownership, but its removal has led to spectrum hoarding by corporate owners, limiting content variety and stifling competition. The meeting also addressed FCC’s proposed rulemaking to incentivize locally originated programming on broadcast stations, which musicFIRST supports as a means of rewarding broadcasters contributing to local content creation, albeit suggesting three hours a week as a minimal threshold.