PADILLA, SCHIFF OBJECT TO TRUMP FCC ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, DEMAND RENEWAL OF BROADCAST LICENSES FOR ABC-OWNED TELEVISION STATIONS ACROSS CALIFORNIA

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to review broadcast license renewal applications impartially and without political interference.

In a letter to the FCC, the Senators expressed support for the renewal of the broadcast licenses for KABC-TV (Los Angeles), KGO-TV (San Francisco), and KFSN-TV (Fresno), California television stations intended for local journalism and owned by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). This letter comes in response to the FCC requiring the Walt Disney Company to file early license renewal applications, approximately two years before the licenses would typi...