Banging a familiar drum, the US National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has again petitioned for the FCC to wake up to 21st century technology and media ownership regulations. However, with US President Trump’s freeze on all new federal regulations, clearing a path to the future could be even hairier for broadcasters under this administration than the last, despite Trump’s historically relaxed stance on media ownership. Filing two separate announcements within days of each other, there is palpable frustration bubbling up from the NAB and its hundreds of broadcaster members—with only a month to go until the 2025 NAB Show. The first concerns a petition urging the FCC to establish a clear transition plan for the deployment of NextGen TV (ATSC…