A man walks past the logo of Fox Networks Group during the annual MIPCOM television programme market in Cannes, France, October 16, 2018. The FCC said it was opening a public docket allowing for release of comments and presentations, saying permitting broader participation will serve the public interest. A Fox Television spokesperson on Wednesday said the "petition to deny the license renewal of WTXF-TV is frivolous, completely without merit and asks the FCC to upend the First Amendment and long-standing FCC precedent." The FCC, an independent federal agency, does not license broadcast networks, but issues them to individual broadcast stations on a staggered basis for eight-year periods. Fox cited FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel's comments in 2017 opposing Trump's suggestion the FCC could revoke the broadcast license for Comcast's (CMCSA.O) NBC over coverage of his administration.

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Persons: Eric Gaillard, Fox, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Jessica Rosenworcel's, Rosenworcel, David Shepardson, Sonali Paul Organizations: Fox Networks Group, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Federal Communications Commission, Fox Television Stations, The Media, Democracy, Fox, U.S . Capitol, FCC, Fox Corp, Dominion Voting Systems, Republican, Fox Television, FOX, Philadelphia, NBC, Thomson Locations: Cannes, France, Philadelphia, U.S