FCC launching probe into ABC's 'The View' amid crackdown on equal time for candidates

FIRST ON FOX—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a probe into ABC's "The View" amid the agency's crackdown on equal time for political candidates, Fox News Digital has learned.

Last month, the FCC announced it will require the broadcast networks to adhere to the "statutory equal opportunities requirement," citing the Communications Act of 1934, "including their airing of late-night and daytime talk shows."

A source at the FCC tells Fox News Digital that Monday's...