Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel rejected former President Donald Trump’s call to revoke CBS’s broadcast license on Thursday, calling it a familiar threat that “should not be ignored.

Even if the FCC were inclined to take up Trump's call to revoke licenses, the agency doesn't actually license TV networks such as CBS. The FCC's licensing authority is over broadcast stations, many of which are affiliated or owned by a big network.

The chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is forcefully pushing back on calls from former President Trump to punish broadcast networks that he says are not fair to him. “While