Judge skeptical of FCC’s move to scrutinize ABC station licenses

A federal judge in D.C. on Tuesday declined to immediately rule on whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should be stopped from conducting an early review of broadcast licenses belonging to a handful of local ABC stations across the country. But U.S. District Judge Loren Alikhan appeared skeptical from the bench of the administration’s justification for initiating the process. “What is it that made this so different that…