Fox: FCC Should Renew WTXF Immediately
The FCC should grant the renewal of Fox station WTXF Philadelphia’s license “without further delay,” Fox said in a letter posted Tuesday (docket 23-292) (see 2406130060). The renewal process stalled in June 2023, when the Media and Democracy Project filed…
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a petition against it over Fox’s dissemination of misinformation about the 2020 election. “With each month that passes and each filing entered into this docket, it becomes even more evident that the record in this proceeding is complete,” Fox said. “MAD has not introduced any additional points that could salvage its petition” in the 10 months since the FCC opened a docket on the matter, Fox argued. The FCC “should weigh the evidence in the record, apply the law fairly, and grant Fox 29 Philadelphia’s license renewal application,” the petitioner added.