History on FCC rules:
They were originally dreamed up by FDR when he feared that Father Coughlin, the Radio Priest, was going to raise a mob even more Socialist than his own supporters, then march on Washington and depose him. So he stomped all over Coughlin’s First Amendment rights to get him off the air and the FCC was his weapon of choice.
(Why did a 16-year old disc jockey spinning records have to get an FCC license in 1970? Answer: FCC rules meant to stop Father Coughlin. Only repealed by Jimmy Carter because not enough minorities were passing the test.)
Further refined by LBJ when radio preachers in Texas were causing him too much political grief.
Bottom line: Never trust a POTUS who goes by three initials.
Enough said.
Thank you for that bit of history concerning likely unconstitutional FCC regulations.