ABC challenges FCC license review as unconstitutional assault on free press ABC, owned by Disney, has submitted license renewal applications for its eight broadcast television stations. The company is doing so “under protest,” stating that the FCC’s order is unlawful, arbitrary, and unconstitutional. This action signifies a strong challenge to the regulatory agency’s authority.

• ABC submitted license renewal applications for its eight broadcast television stations.
• The applications were submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
• ABC declared it was submitting the applications “under protest.”
• The company called the FCC’s order “unlawful, arbitrary and unconstitutional.”