华盛顿，11月3日电：美国参议院商务委员会将于11月10日举行听证会，审议唐纳德·特朗普总统提名的联邦通信委员会（FCC）委员人选。该委员会由五名委员组成，目前正考虑华特迪士尼公司旗下八家自有ABC电视台的命运。
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 : The US Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing November 10 on President Donald Trump's nominee to serve on the five-member Federal Communications Commission that is considering the fate of Walt Disney's eight company-owned ABC television stations.
8月，特朗普提名FCC主席布伦丹·卡尔的高级法律顾问丹妮尔·图曼·塞弗斯，出任两个空缺席位之一。FCC目前由两名共和党人和一名民主党人、委员安娜·戈麦斯组成，有人认为如果特朗普的提名人获确认，特朗普可能会解职戈麦斯。
In August, Trump nominated Danielle Thumann Severs, a senior counsel to FCC Chair Brendan Carr, to serve on one of the two open seats. The FCC currently has two Republicans and one Democrat, Commissioner Anna Gomez, who some believe Trump might fire if his nominee is confirmed.
历史上，FCC由三名多数党、两名少数党委员组成，控制白宫的政党占多数。法律规定三名委员即构成法定人数。美国法律规定，五名FCC委员中同一政党成员不得超过三人。
The FCC historically is divided 3-2 with the party in control of the White House holding a majority. The law requires three members for a quorum. US law requires that only three of the five FCC commissioners can be from the same political party.
上个月，民主党联邦参议员罗恩·怀登表示，1982年法律要求FCC在任何运作规模下都必须保持党派平衡。怀登说，如果FCC只有三名委员，同一政党成员只能有两人。
Last month, Democratic US Senator Ron Wyden said that a 1982 law requires the FCC to have political balance at any operational size. If there are three commissioners on the FCC, only two can be from the same political party, Wyden said.
特朗普解职了联邦贸易委员会的两名民主党委员，并解除了国家运输安全委员会、国家劳资关系委员会和国家科学基金会董事会等其他机构众多民主党成员的职务。其中一些机构依法要求委员来自两党。
Trump fired two Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission and dismissed numerous other Democrats from other agencies including the National Transportation Safety Board, National Labor Relations Board and National Science Foundation Board. Some of those agencies are required by law to have commissioners from both parties.
4月，卡尔下令对迪士尼所有ABC电视台的执照进行前所未有的提前审查。在他下令前一天，特朗普曾敦促ABC解雇深夜脱口秀主持人吉米·金梅尔。
In April, Carr ordered an unprecedented early license review for all of Disney's ABC stations. The day before his order, Trump urged ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
迪士尼旗下电视台的执照续期原定于2028年10月才予考虑。在4月之前，FCC已有50多年未曾下令提前审查。
Disney's stations' license renewals were not scheduled to be considered until October 2028. Before April, the FCC had not ordered an early review in more than 50 years.
迪士尼已起诉FCC，以阻止对ABC执照的提前审查，美国法官尚未作出裁决。卡尔上周表示，他尚未就是否寻求吊销这些执照作出任何决定。
Disney has sued the FCC to block an early review of the ABC licenses and a US judge has not yet issued a ruling. Carr said last week he had not made any decisions on whether to seek to revoke them.
在参议院委员会听证会上，塞弗斯很可能面临关于联邦通信委员会（FCC）对迪士尼的监管、扩大无线频谱的努力，以及埃隆·马斯克旗下SpaceX公司试图获取无线频谱以与美国三大电信运营商竞争等问题的提问。
At the Senate committee hearing, Severs is likely to face questions on the FCC's oversight of Disney as well as efforts to expand wireless spectrum and attempts by Elon Musk's SpaceX company to obtain wireless spectrum in order to compete with the three major US telecom carriers.
特朗普曾多次敦促广播公司取消他不喜欢或批评其政府的喜剧或新闻节目。他曾施压卡尔吊销他认为不公平的广播公司的执照。7月，特朗普呼吁联邦通信委员会吊销康卡斯特旗下NBC和ABC的执照，因为它们决定不在其广播频道播出他关于选举安全的言论。广播公司拥有广泛的第一修正案权利来做出内容决定。
Trump has repeatedly urged broadcasters to drop comedy or news programs he dislikes or which have been critical of his administration. He has pressed Carr to revoke licenses of broadcasters he finds unfair. In July, Trump called on the FCC to revoke licenses of Comcast-owned NBC and ABC for deciding not to air his remarks on election security on their broadcast channels. Broadcasters have broad First Amendment rights to make content decisions.
个别广播电台需要联邦通信委员会执照才能使用公共电波。虽然吊销执照的情况极为罕见，但批评人士表示，失去执照的前景可能会给广播公司施加压力，并引发对政府干预编辑和节目决策的担忧。
Individual broadcast stations need FCC licenses to use public airwaves. While license revocations are exceptionally rare, critics say the prospect of losing a license can pressure broadcasters and raise concerns about government interference in editorial and programming decisions.