ABC encourages viewers to back network amid FCC investigations

JD Vance appears on The View. Photograph: Lou Rocco/American Broadcasting Companies, Inc./AP

The television network ABC is seeking the public’s backing as it faces simultaneous investigations from the Brendan Carr-led Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The media regulator has two pending inquiries into ABC – one focuses on the daytime talkshow The View, and the other is a broader challenge into whether the network should be able to renew licenses for the eight local television stations it owns.