Trump has argued at least 28 times that a national TV network should lose its licence

The Guardian - Trump has suggested at least 28 times over the last eight years that a television network should lose its license, according to analysis by the Guardian. But while the FCC does not actually license national networks, it does license the local television stations they own or strike affiliate deals with.

Anna M Gomez, the lone Democrat on the FCC, said after a commission meeting last week that Trump’s threats are hollow. “Aside from the ability to make things difficult for those we retaliate, this FCC is powerless to truly retaliate against a news network,” she said, noting that no local station licenses are up for renewal “any time soon.”