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A joint sales agreement (JSA) is an agreement with a licensee of a brokered station that authorizes a broker to sell some or all of the advertising time for the brokered station in return for a fee or percentage of revenues paid to the licensee. The Commission has sought comment on whether TV JSAs should be attributed for purposes of determining compliance with the Commission's multiple ownership rules.

In 2014, the Commission determined that for the purposes of applying the broadcast ownership rules, a brokered station will be attributed to a same market brokering station if the JSA covers more than 15 percent of the weekly advertising time of the brokered station.  The Commission found that television JSAs have the potential to convey significant influence over stations operations.