A long-simmering effort to defund National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service is heating up on Capitol Hill ...
FCC chair, Republican Brendan Carr, reportedly sent a letter to NPR and PBS announcing the launch of an investigation into potential airing of 'prohibited commercial' ads.
PBS President Paula Kerger has felt the heat from politicians over government funding before. But this time the FCC is ...
NPR and PBS programming is aired to a network of around 1,500 member stations, all of which choose which programs to ...
FCC’s Brendan Carr also suggests an investigation could be relevant to conservative congressional efforts to defund the public broadcasters.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that the agency’s review of the proposed Skydance-Paramount Global merger is far from finished ...
FCC chief Brendan Carr aims to 're-empower' local TV stations and he suggested that Congress consider tighter regulations on ...
president and chief executive of NPR, also said in a statement that the service has adhered to the FCC guidelines on underwriting messages. As far as the fate of federal funding for PBS is ...
NPR and PBS maintain that their sponsorships comply with FCC regulations and believe they can prove it. Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks criticizes the investigation as a potential ...
"I am writing to inform you that I have asked the FCC's Enforcement Bureau to open an investigation regarding the airing of NPR and PBS programming across your broadcast member stations," Carr ...