{"id":1424,"date":"2026-06-23T15:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:42:41","slug":"6abc-is-warning-viewers-about-the-fcc-taking-away-its-tv-license-heres-whats-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1424","title":{"rendered":"6abc is warning viewers about the FCC taking away its TV license. Here\u2019s what\u2019s going on."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Monday, 6abc issued a warning for viewers to take action to prevent Action News from disappearing from TV screens across the Delaware Valley. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1422\">A police-involved shooting in North Coventry Township is under investigation<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe FCC is questioning our commitment to viewers by threatening to take us off the air,\u201d a message from the station read. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>So what\u2019s going on? <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Most local news stations are owned by separate companies, but 6abc is one of eight owned and operated by ABC, whose parent company is Disney. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In April, the Federal Communications Commission launched an early review of the broadcast licenses for those eight stations broadcast. The review came shortly after President Donald Trump called for ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over a joke he made involving first lady Melania Trump. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>FCC commissioner Anna M. Gomez, the only remaining Democrat on the three-member panel, wrote in a May letter to Disney the company had \u201cbeen made a target\u201d by Trump\u2019s FCC, and that targeting local stations \u201cis an extraordinary and dangerous misapplication\u201d of the agency\u2019s authority. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat Disney and ABC are facing is not a series of coincidental regulators actions but a sustained, coordinated campaign of censorship and control,\u201d Gomez wrote, \u201ccarried out through the weaponization of the FCC\u2019s authority as a federal regulator and aimed at pressuring a free and independent press and all media into submission.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Despite that, the FCC said the review stemmed from , citing \u201cthe agency\u2019s prohibition on unlawful discrimination.\u201d The agency is conducting a similar investigation of Comcast, which owns NBC.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf the evidence does in fact play out and shows that they were engaged in race- and gender-based discrimination, that\u2019s a very serious issue at the FCC, that could fundamentally go to their character qualifications to even hold a license,\u201d FCC chairman Brendan Carr said on Fox News in March.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>6abc viewers being asked to comment<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In an attempt to fight back, 6abc, which did not immediately respond to request for comment, is asking viewers to weigh in on the early review of its broadcast license and support the station. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The FCC doesn\u2019t make it easy. Viewers need to visit the agency\u2019s website and submit a \u201cexpress comment\u201d using the FCC\u2019s docket number: 26-131<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The public comment period is open until June 29. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>6abc renewed its broadcast license in 2023 for eight years, but the FCC could move to revoke it if it determines the station hasn\u2019t \u201cserved the public interest\u201d or has violated federal broadcast rules and regulations. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A Disney spokesperson said in a statement the company has \u201ca long record of operating in full compliance with FCC rules\u201d and was \u201cprepared to show that through the appropriate legal channels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1420\">PSERS outsources $20 billion in investments<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been more than 40 years since the FCC has revoked a broadcast license from a TV station. The last time it happened was 1987, when the FCC stripped RKO General Inc. of its licenses in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles because of business misconduct.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Even if the FCC revokes ABC\u2019s local broadcast licenses, the case would ultimately be decided by an administrative law judge, according to the FCC\u2019s website. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The process could take years, and no changes are expected for 6abc during that time. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\u2018The View\u2019 is also fighting back<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s not just ABC\u2019s local stations the Trump administration is targeting. The FCC is also targeting the daytime interview show <i>The View<\/i> and its ability to interview politicians. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The investigation of <i>The View<\/i> stems from an February interview featuring U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, a Texas Democrat who at the time was facing off in a primary against U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The FCC claimed the interview was a violation of the equal time rule, a federal requirement  requiring broadcast stations to provide comparable airtime to political opponents during an election. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Disney has asked the FCC to declare <i>The View <\/i>qualifies as a \u201cbona fide news\u201d interview program and is exempt from the federal rules, like news programs on broadcast TV like <i>Meet the Press<\/i> and <i>Face the Nation.<\/i> <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In a May filing, ABC said <i>The View<\/i> received a news exemption from the FCC in 2002, and in 24 years it hadn\u2019t been challenged. It called the FCC\u2019s move to go after <i>The View <\/i>\u201cunprecedented\u201d and an attempt to \u201cchill critical protected speech.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a blurry line for late-night shows, which feature politicians as guests. While not technically news programs, the FCC hasn\u2019t enforced the equal time rule on late-night shows since 2006, when it ruled then-California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s appearance on <i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno <\/i>qualified as a \u201cbona fide news interview.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But that\u2019s changing under the Trump administration. The FCC issued  stating late-night and daytime TV talk shows may no longer be exempt, claiming some were \u201cmotivated by partisan purposes.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Carr also pressured ABC affiliates to take Kimmel off the air in September. ABC ultimately suspended his show after two companies \u2014 Nexstar and Sinclair \u2014 said they would preempt it on their ABC-affilated stations. Ultimately, ABC backed Kimmel and his show was back on TV a week later. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1418\">\ud83e\udeb4 Back to basics | Morning Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe FCC is questioning our commitment to viewers by threatening to take us off the air,\u201d 6abc is warning its viewers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6abc is warning viewers about the FCC taking away its TV license. 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