Under FCC rules, ownership of two of the top four rated/billing stations in the same market is prohibited. And KUTV and KSTU are first and second in the Salt Lake TV market. But, back in May, Sinclair chief Christopher S. Ripley said, “We don’t think we need to sell any of [Tribune’s stations] … and we hope that the regulators will agree with us.”
Looks like KSTU-Channel 13 will not be sold to KUTV-Channel 2's owners after all
