Ex-Fox News exec says the FCC should consider revoking Rupert Murdoch's licenses Gideon Rubin June 1

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64. But they have authority over who holds a broadcast lucense

If the owner of a cable network turns out to be a child molester or serial killer the FCC can’t stop the owner from continuing to own the cable network. But if the same person also owns broadcast stations the FCC can revoke the stations licenses.

In the case of Fox Corporation, which controls both cable networks and broadcast stations, the civil judgment for defamation by Fox News almost certainly wouldn’t be deemed egregious enough by the FCC to warrant pulling the company’s licenses. But if the company was convicted of a criminal antitrust or securities violation the FCC could and likely would consider conducting a proceeding to determine whether that conviction calks into question the company’s character as to warrant stripping it of its licenses.