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SunSeeker

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15. The affiliate stations ABC/Disney owns are major stations in huge markets, like KABC TV in here in Los Angeles.

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 01:11 AM

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KABC-TV in Los Angeles is owned and operated by the ABC Owned Television Stations division, which is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. KABC-TV is the West Coast flagship station of the ABC network.

Maybe ABC can afford to fight the FCC's license revocation all of the way to the Supreme Court, but the smaller affiliates can't, or in the case of the affiliates owned by Sinclair and NexStar, won't. So ABC could end up with only 8 stations to air its programming. ABC would not be viable if that happened.

Plus, ABC is afraid to be on the wrong side of Trump's FCC because, like NexStar, they have pending mergers before the FCC, and the FCC could retaliate by denying those mergers. Retaliation would be really hard to prove, since the mergers really should be denied regardless in this increasingly monopolistic media environment. But if ABC bends the knee, they will be able to take advantage of the Trump administration's corruption and get their monopolistic mergers approved.

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ABC Has NO FCC License! [View all] MrWowWow Sep 19 OP

Yes but it may represent a distinction without a difference given local networks were rebelling... hlthe2b Sep 19 #1

There's a huge difference. Wiz Imp Sep 20 #10

Not in ultimate outcome....And that is what this corrupt as hell FCC head is counting on. hlthe2b Sep 20 #17

you're just a fountain of knowledge CatWoman Sep 19 #2

*SNORT* Skittles Sep 19 #5

It does for the 8 tv stations it owns outright. Sneederbunk Sep 19 #3

You are exactly right that networks are not licensed. rsdsharp Sep 19 #4

Pedantically true but misleading. DISNEY directly owns eight stations, mostly in major markets. RockRaven Sep 19 #6

CBS owns 15, NBC owns 12. LeftInTX Sep 19 #7

Exactly. KABC TV in LA is owned by ABC/Disney. LA is a huge TV market. SunSeeker Sep 20 #14

Yes, but many OTA ABC-affiliated stations are owned by Disney and Sinclair. PSPS Sep 19 #8

Um, Disney/ABC owns just 8 stations Wiz Imp Sep 20 #11

The affiliate stations ABC/Disney owns are major stations in huge markets, like KABC TV in here in Los Angeles. SunSeeker Sep 20 #15

Sinclair squealed the loudest PSPS Sep 20 #18

Sinclair owns just 38 ABC stations that represents just 15% of ABC's total affiliates Wiz Imp Sep 20 #20

Hardly PSPS Sep 20 #21

Hardly yourself. Sinclair's AC stations are almost all in very small media markets Wiz Imp Sep 20 #22

He's going to get away with everything he wants. usonian Sep 19 #9

I remember when Michael Richards was pretty much blacklisted after making racist comments in 2006 at a comedy club MichMan Sep 20 #12

The government did not pressure that he be blacklisted. Huge difference. SunSeeker Sep 20 #13

Those comments were outrageous. usonian Sep 20 #16

The networks do directly own several stations each, in the largest markets, so it does matter themaguffin Sep 20 #19