Disney-Owned ABC Faces FCC License Fight ...

The American Broadcast Company is undergoing an FCC investigation, including an early license renewal.

The National Association of Broadcasters is speaking out in response to an order from the Federal Communications Commission that Disney’s ABC-owned TV stations must file for early license renewal.

According to Fox News, Carr has demanded that eight Disney-owned ABC affiliates file early license renewals to prove they’ve been operating in the public interest, despite their current licenses ...

The station has asked the public to send notes of support.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) recently published a draft comprehensive Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Space Modernization for the 21st Century,” aiming to ...

As chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Alfred Sikes took the agency’s duty to foster broadcasting in “the public interest” seriously. Sikes, a conservative who was appointed by George H. W ...

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered Disney to seek early renewal of broadcast licenses for the ABC stations it owns. Disney owns eight stations that carry its ABC programming. The ...

On January 29, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a decision on control of FCC-regulated businesses by “foreign adversaries.” Under these rules, nearly every entity that is ...