Brendan Carr

The next step here is probably as soon as today, we'll issue a public notice at the FCC that creates a pleading cycle so that people that want to petition to deny the renewal of Disney's licenses can file.

And then Disney again will have an opportunity then to file an opposition.

There'll be replies.

I got to work on that.

This is like a journey.

And how do you attack that, you know, outside of the FCC at some of these private corporations?

Well, we're still looking at it, but up to now, there's evidence that Disney has been pretty bad.

There's evidence suggesting that Disney literally was dividing and categorizing employees based on race and gender.

And potentially, we'll see what the evidence establishes ultimately, giving different opportunities to people based on their race or gender or other protected class.

And we're going to get some more discovery from Disney on that, but that could raise character questions about the company long term.

We're at a tipping point where these leagues can push it so far, putting games behind paywalls that they undermine their ability to claim that antitrust exemption.

In a statement, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the country's broadcasters should use their national reach and ability to inform and entertain audiences by upping programming that highlights, quote, the historic accomplishments of this great nation from our founding through the Trump administration today.

Carr cited the song-filled animated kids' TV series Schoolhouse Rock, created in the 1970s in the run-up to the country's 200th anniversary, as a good example.

Carr's suggestions also include starting each day with the Star Spangled Banner or Pledge of Allegiance and airing works by such U.S.

composers as John Philip Sousa and Duke Ellington.

Chloe Veltman, NPR News.

In a statement issued on Friday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the country's broadcasters should use their national reach and ability to inform and entertain audiences by upping programming that highlights, quote, the historic accomplishments of this great nation from our founding through the Trump administration today.

Carr cited the song-filled animated kids' TV series Schoolhouse Rock, created in the 1970s in the run-up to the country's 200th anniversary, as a good example.

He's going to do what the people want.

Carr's suggestions also include starting each day with the Star Spangled Banner or Pledge of Allegiance and airing works by such US composers as John Philip Sousa and Duke Ellington.