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FCC Orders a Review of ABC’s Broadcast Licenses Amid Trumps’ Kimmel Criticism
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FCC Orders a Review of ABC’s Broadcast Licenses Amid Trumps’ Kimmel Criticism

TIME·Rebecca Schneid·about 1 month ago
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Federal regulators are ordering a review of all of ABC’s station licenses , a startling move that has drawn alarm from free speech advocates and could lead to a legal battle with Disney, ABC’s parent company. “Disney’s ABC is hereby directed to file license renewals for all of their licensed TV stations within 30 days — in other words, by May 28, 2026,” the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a filing Tuesday. Disney confirmed to TIME that it had received the FCC order “initiating an accelerated review” of ABC-owned television stations.  “ABC and its stations have a long record of operating in full compliance with FCC rules and serving their local communities with trusted news, emergency information, and public‑interest programming,” a company spokesperson said in a statement to TIME. “We are confident that record demonstrates our continued qualifications as licensees under the Communications Act and the First Amendment and are prepared to show that through the appropriate legal channels.…

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