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CFIF Leads Coalition Letter Urging FCC to Maintain a Routine and Predictable Broadcast License Renewal Process Print
By CFIF Staff
Thursday, July 23 2026

In a letter filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week, 14 conservative and free-market organizations, led by the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF), reiterated support for Chairman Brendan Carr's deregulatory efforts in the communications sector, and respectfully urged the FCC to preserve the well-established, routine, predictable, and presumptive nature of broadcast license renewals.

The letter takes no position on the merits of any particular renewal application or pending matter, but rather argues the broader point:  Keeping license renewal routine and presumptive is consistent with Congress's intent and the administration's pro-growth agenda—while denying future administration's precedent that could be wielded against conservative, religious, free-market, or otherwise disfavored broadcasters. 

Read the letter below or here (PDF).

 

 

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"National elections take place every two years in this country, and whether it's a presidential cycle or a midterm election, overwrought commentators, partisan activists, and the candidates themselves repeat without self-awareness, let alone irony, a variant of the exhortation that 'this election is the most important of our lifetimes.' It's an age-old talking point. The motivations of those…[more]
 
 
— Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief of RealClearPolitics and Executive Editor of RealClear Media Group
 
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