FCC Invites Comment on Request to Deny Fox TV License Renewal
- Participation would serve public interest, agency says
- Group challenged Fox renewal over 2020 election coverage
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Regulators invited public comment on whether the US broadcast license for Fox Corp.’s TV station in Philadelphia should be renewed after a grassroots organization asked that it be denied, saying Fox knowingly broadcast false news about the 2020 election.
The Federal Communications Commission said in a notice that broad public participation in the proceeding would “serve the public interest.”