Trump FCC warns all broadcasters to follow orders or be punished like ABC

ABC filed early license renewals for eight owned stations under protest after an FCC Media Bureau order.

The company said the order is arbitrary, unconstitutional, and lacks a legitimate purpose.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr said Disney’s responses to a yearlong discrimination probe were inadequate and framed ABC’s filings as a result of that pressure.

The dispute highlights tensions over FCC authority, broadcast license oversight, and whether regulators are pressuring a network over discrimination allegations.