Trump Administration Considers Pulling CBS Broadcasting License

[Liberal In Texas]

42. You are correct.

I was in broadcast news for many many years. I'm retired but back when I was there the network signal came in on phone lines. The phone lines were special higher quality than normal. Then when satellite communications became a thing, a lot of back-and-forth feeds were done via satellite dishes. The problem with satellite feeds, as anybody with a home DirectTV or SiriusXM knows, is that when rain storms appear the signal can get spotty. So land lines are still necessary.

As far as I know, the FCC has no authority to stop CBS or anybody else from using phone lines or up and down satellite links.