In June the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comments on proposals that, if adopted, would have a significant impact on how the agency makes commercial FM channel allotments and community-of-license changes for AM and FM stations.

The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to accelerate a license review of Walt Disney Co.’s ABC TV stations caught many people in the agency by surprise, laying the foundation for a likely protracted legal battle over a norm-shattering strategy shift.