Disney’s ABC Sues FCC Over Challenge to Its Broadcast Licenses
Disney says the FCC’s early-renewal order would chill ABC’s speech and could force years of costly litigation over eight station licenses.
- On Tuesday, Disney and its ABC unit sued the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., alleging the agency's early license review of eight ABC Owned Stations is a retaliatory campaign by the Trump administration.
- In April 2026, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr ordered the network to file license renewals years early, a rare move that the lawsuit claims followed public threats from President Donald Trump against ABC over its news coverage and late-night programming.
- The FCC investigation has demanded internal communications from ABC programs, disclosure of employees' political donations, and other extensive discovery that the network characterizes as an 'assault on free speech disguised as regulatory process.'
- Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez publicly denounced the agency's actions as a 'campaign of censorship and control,' providing rare internal dissent against the regulatory pressure on the network.
- Legal scholars view this case as a critical test of whether the government can use licensing leverage to influence editorial decisions, with broadcasters and First Amendment advocates watching closely as precedent for future regulatory conflicts.
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ABC sues Trump television regulator over ‘retaliatory’ threats against broadcast license
Source link President Donald Trump watches a recap of his press conference in the Outer Oval on Friday, June 27, 2025. (Official White House photo by Molly Riley) Disney’s ABC filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, claiming the agency’s recent review into the company is part of a “retaliatory
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