Tag: FCC
Our fictional station team reflects on the growing regulatory storm
In our second installment, station staffers discuss the FCC investigation of underwriting practices in public media.‘All Funding Reconsidered’: A station staff dialogue
A fictional station meeting tackles the questions public media leaders can’t ignore.Senators send letter to FCC chair over ‘weaponization’ of commission
The letter cited FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s own letter asking the commission’s Enforcement Bureau to open an investigation into NPR and PBS ...FCC chair requests investigation into NPR, PBS underwriting
In a letter to CEOs of both organizations, Chairman Brendan Carr wrote that some underwriting announcements may “cross the line” into advertising. ...PBS and APTS advocate for pubcasters in proposed FCC local content incentive
PBS and APTS want NCE stations to get the same proposed benefit as stations providing the minimum amount of "locally originated programming."Pubcasters succeed in push for FCC to include nonbinary gender option on reporting form
A coalition of public broadcasters called for the change when the commission reconsidered requiring annual employment reports from stations.NPR, stations object to proposed FCC rules on reporting outages
More filing requirements would strain already limited resources, the broadcasters said in comments to the commission.FCC fines Pacifica Foundation $25,000 for underwriting violations
A consent decree adopted and released Tuesday requires Pacifica to implement a compliance plan and ends an FCC investigation of WBAI in ...In FCC comment, NPR voices concern over costs of multilingual emergency alerts
The FCC has proposed creating a process for prescripted alerts in 13 additional languages to be distributed by TV and radio stations, ...FCC inquiry examines WBAI’s on-air fundraising practices
The commission is evaluating allegations that programs promoting nutritional supplements and other products violate its standards for noncommercial broadcasting.NPR urges FCC to improve incentives for public stations to invest in local journalism
The commission's proposal to boost localism in broadcasting won't make a significant difference to public radio, according to comments filed by NPR.Public broadcasters caution FCC on proposed changes to emergency alert regulations
NPR, Native Public Media and the National Federation of Community Broadcasters shared concerns about the costs and resources it would take for ...Pubcasters ask FCC for help with boosting cable, satellite carriage
PBS and America's Public Television Stations asked the commission to take on obstacles reducing access to public TV channels.Public TV asks FCC for flexibility in preserving multicast channels amid ATSC 3.0 transition
An FCC loophole is causing problems for stations that want to join marketwide launches of the new broadcast technology.Public broadcasters ask FCC to update forms with nonbinary gender options
Law firm Foster Garvey PC has seen “an increasing number of licensees” that have “expressed concerns with the binary options provided to ...
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