Fredericks endorses FCC equal time ruling; nighttime talk show hosts dissent

FCC Is Right To Make Late-Night TV Follow 'Equal Airtime' Rules

No Democrats seemed to think it was an affront to the First Amendment for the FCC to enforce the equal-time rules in the past.

How the FCC's 'Abdication' Turned Late Night TV into Democrat Propaganda

An FCC staff-level decision in 2006 led to decades of precedent that may have allowed broadcast television to become more partisan.

Fredericks endorses FCC equal time ruling; nighttime talk show hosts dissent

The owner of Apollo and Latrobe radio stations endorses Federal Communications Commission ruling on equal time.

FCC Equal Time: Promise or a Threat?

The equal time provisions under decades of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) actions have largely been eroded and haphazardly enforced, if all. Ostensibly, provisions still exist on the books as statute and via FCC regulations. “Under section 315, if a broadcast station permits any legally qualified candidate for public office to use its facilities, it shall provide an equal opportunity to all other legally qualified candidates for that of…

Jimmy Kimmel Calls Out FCC For Trying To Force Late Night Shows To Give 'Equal Time' To Republicans

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel told viewers on Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is “coming for us again” following Brendan Carr‘s latest guidelines for late-night television and daytime talk shows. On January 22, Kimmel gave a detailed explanation of the FCC’s latest public notice, which demands shows like Kimmel’s provide equal airtime to candidates from different parties when interviewing political figures. On January 21…