Feds Have ‘Character Qualifications’ For Broadcasters?

“The Federal Communications Commission has renewed the license of Los Angeles Spanish-language television station KAZA-TV Channel 54, denying an unusual protest brought by rival broadcaster NBC Universal. In November, NBC Universal … asked the FCC to deny the license renewal by invoking a rarely used morals clause,” arguing that the station’s management “was corrupt and thus lacked ‘the character qualifications’ required by federal law.”