The FCC is NOT banning religious programming
Many of you are receiving E-mail messages about a petition before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting a ban on religious programming. Petition 2493, or RM-2493 as it is known, was filed in December of 1974 by Jeremy Lansman and Lorenzo Milam. The petition asked that the FCC inquire into operating practices of stations licensed to religious organizations. The Lansman-Milam petition was denied by the FCC in August of 1975.
The rumor that the FCC has before it a proposal to deny licenses to religious broadcasters still continues to circulate, 25 years after the Commission denied that request. The FCC's policy toward religious broadcasters remains unchanged in that no special provisions or restrictions are applied to religious stations or licensees, nor are any changes to that policy being contemplated.
For additional information, please see what the Federal Communications Commission has to say on this rumor.