Author: Michael

ABC filed a letter directly opposing petitions calling for early license renewal for its local stations, citing over 150,000 comments submitted by the public largely in the network’s favor. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr demanded that ABC submit an early license renewal for its eight owned affiliate stations as part of an investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in April. A month later, ABC claimed the FCC was filing the early renewal “under protest” in response to the agency’s “unlawful, arbitrary and unconstitutional” order. This has launched into a heated back-and-forth between the network and the FCC that…

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ABC filed a letter directly opposing petitions calling for early license renewal for its local stations, citing over 150,000 comments submitted by the public largely in the network’s favor. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr demanded that ABC submit an early license renewal for its eight owned affiliate stations as part of an investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in April. A month later, ABC claimed the FCC was filing the early renewal “under protest” in response to the agency’s “unlawful, arbitrary and unconstitutional” order. This has launched into a heated back-and-forth between the network and the FCC that…

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