Broadcast License Renewal Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Broadcast License Renewal Act - Provides that the term of any license granted for the operation of a broadcasting station may not exceed four years, and the term of any license granted for the operation of any other class of station may not exceed five years. States that, any license issued to a broadcasting station may, upon its expiration, be renewed upon application if the Federal Communications Commission finds that the public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served by the renewal of such license. Requires the Commission, in determining whether a licensee's programming is substantially responsive to the needs, views, and interests of the residents of its service area, not to consider national criteria respecting the extent, nature, and content of broadcast programming. Requires that in considering any application for the renewal of a broadcast license the Commission shall not consider: (1) the financial interests of the applicant in other stations or in other communications media unless the Commission has adopted rules respecting such interests; nor (2) the nonbroadcast interest or activities of the applicant unless the Commission has adopted rules thereon. Provide…