It's Friday, September 19th.
I'm Jane Costa, and this is What A Day,
the show that says good luck to Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw,
who announced Thursday that he will be retiring at the end of this year.
Problematically, Clayton Kershaw is younger than I am.
On today's show,
President Donald Trump discusses plans to designate Antifa as a major terrorist organization.
And the Senate confirms 48 of Trump's nominees all at once.
But let's start with the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC,
a government entity which I never really thought I'd need to discuss at length on the show.
Or, ever, unless we're referencing the rapper Eminem.
But that was then!
This is now.
After FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson on Wednesday that Jimmy Kimmel,
host of the late-night ABC talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live,
should face consequences from Disney for his comments regarding conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murder.
After Carr made his comments, next star, the largest owner of television stations in the country,
which just so happens to have a merger pending that would require FCC approval,
preempted Kimmel Show.
Sinclair, the second largest owner of television stations, followed.