Topic: broadcast licenses
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Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue Accelerates Broadcast TV's Decline
Sinclair and Nexstar, two major ABC affiliate owners, pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show due to a joke with contested facts, following perceived threats from the FCC chair. The FCC's power to revoke broadcast licenses, based on outdated public interest rules, remains a potent regulatory threat despite mo...
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Jimmy Kimmel Live Pulled Indefinitely After FCC Threat Over Charlie Kirk Joke
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses of stations airing Jimmy Kimmel Live, leading Disney and ABC to suspend the show after a controversial joke about Charlie Kirk's alleged murderer. Nexstar, a major station owner, quickly complied by pulling the show from its ABC af...
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FCC Probes BBC Over Edited Trump Interview
The FCC is investigating whether a BBC documentary featuring edited footage of a Donald Trump speech was broadcast in the U.S., requesting documentation from the BBC, PBS, and NPR. The documentary controversially spliced parts of Trump's January 6 speech to create the false impression he explicit...
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