Religious Broadcasters Urge FCC To Tread Lightly

The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), the world's largest association of Christian communicators, representing over 1,100 members—including radio/TV stations, networks like TBN and Salem Radio, and producers reaching 100 million+ monthly has issued a statement urging the FCC to maintain its post-1980s "light-touch" regulatory approach—minimal intervention in content beyond basic technical rules and obscenity prohibitions. 

Troy A Miller

President and CEO Troy A. Miller emphasized that while broadcasters must uphold decency standards, enforcement should be "consistent and fair across political lines," without partisan weaponization. 

"When one voice is suppressed, all voices are at risk," Miller warned, highlighting NRB's dual concern: celebrating Kimmel's accountability (aligning with their conservative base) while fearing retaliatory crackdowns on religious content under future Democratic administrations.

This stance echoes NRB's history:In the 1970s–80s, they lobbied against Fairness Doctrine "equal time" mandates, arguing it chilled religious programming.

More recently, NRB opposed Biden-era FCC efforts to expand diversity rules, viewing them as potential censorship tools.In a Capitol Hill Media Summit memo (September 10–12, 2025), NRB tied the call to broader "diverse voices" protection, including AM radio preservation and low-power TV (LPTV) access—key for rural faith-based outreach.