{"id":119045,"date":"2026-04-29T21:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/following-kimmels-melania-trump-joke-fcc-orders-early-license-renewal-for-8-abc-stations-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:59:57","slug":"following-kimmels-melania-trump-joke-fcc-orders-early-license-renewal-for-8-abc-stations-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/following-kimmels-melania-trump-joke-fcc-orders-early-license-renewal-for-8-abc-stations-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Kimmel’s Melania Trump joke, FCC orders early license renewal for 8 ABC stations : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Federal Communications Commission has ordered The Walt Disney Company’s ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals<\/a> for the eight TV stations it owns.<\/p>\n

The move follows criticism from first lady Melania Trump who objected to a joke about her made by late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel. President Trump followed up with a social media post calling for Kimmel to be fired<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the early license renewal order went out, FCC Chair Brendan Carr criticized ABC’s parent company, Disney. Speaking on a podcast hosted by Katie Miller<\/a> \u2014 whose husband is White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller \u2014 Carr said there are multiple ways the FCC can handle broadcast licenses.<\/p>\n