Framing Analysis
Disney-owned ABC submitted early license renewal filings for its eight stations following an April 28 FCC order that required compliance within 30 days. ABC objected to the order as unlawful and unconstitutional while stating it had no precedent for simultaneous group renewals. The order coincided with FCC scrutiny of the network's DEI policies and followed public calls by President Trump and Melania Trump for Disney to dismiss Jimmy Kimmel.