FCC chief Brendan Carr aims to 're-empower' local TV stations and he suggested that Congress consider tighter regulations on ...

PBS President Paula Kerger has felt the heat from politicians over government funding before. But this time the FCC is ...

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.

FCC’s Brendan Carr also suggests an investigation could be relevant to conservative congressional efforts to defund the public broadcasters.

NPR and PBS programming is aired to a network of around 1,500 member stations, all of which choose which programs to broadcast. The stations require licenses approved by the FCC to operate ...

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 ...

McCall believes PBS and NPR need to buckle up with a determined Carr in charge. "Even when you had Republican presidents, I don't think those [FCC] chairmen ever really had the stomach to deal ...

"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 ...