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Posted Saturday 5/08/21 at 3:06AM EDT
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow reflects on the 60th anniversary of calling television a "vast wasteland"
On May 9, 1961, Minow, then-President John F.
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Posted Tuesday 4/20/21 at 12:24AM EDT
FCC is asking viewers to weigh in loud commercials
It's been 11 years since the FCC put in place the CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation) Act to prevent ads...
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Posted Wednesday 3/17/21 at 2:18AM EDT
FCC received complaints over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s "WAP" performance at the Grammys, but not a large number
“We can confirm that the FCC did receive consumer complaints regarding the Grammys performance,” an FCC spokesperson told TheWrap.
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Barnhart: In Praise of TV Sign-Language Interpreters
I’m not going to miss COVID-19 or handmade sneeze guards or face-mask etiquette, but I am going to miss watching...
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Posted Friday 4/24/20 at 5:28PM EDT
Henry Geller, the FCC counsel who helped get cigarette ads banned from TV, dies at 96
Geller, who died on April 7, is credited with helping to save millions of lives.
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Posted Thursday 4/09/20 at 3:14PM EDT
Justin Timberlake: FCC tried to halt SNL's "D*ck in a Box"
Timberlake said on the Hot Ones YouTube show that the FCC got wind of The Lonely Island's 2006 Emmy-winning digital...
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Posted Thursday 2/13/20 at 4:34AM EST
FCC received about 1,500 complaints over the Jennifer Lopez-Shakira Super Bowl halftime show
That's fare more than the 55 complaints the FCC received over Adam Levine's shirtless performance at last year's Super Bowl.
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Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 1:49PM EDT
Young Sheldon's alleged emergency alert misuse may lead to a $272,000 FCC fine
The FCC has proposed fining CBS $272,000 after Young Sheldon simulated an Emergency Alert Service tone on the April 12,...
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Posted Saturday 9/07/19 at 3:40AM EDT
5G is forcing hundreds of TV channels to change how they broadcast
About 987 stations have been reassigned new frequencies to make way for 5G, but you'll only notice the change if...
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Posted Thursday 8/15/19 at 8:52PM EDT
FCC fines ABC $395,000 after Jimmy Kimmel Live! simulated an emergency broadcast tone during a comedy sketch
The FCC penalty was for an October 2018 sketch titled "Trump's Presidential Alerts – The Movie.
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Posted Wednesday 3/20/19 at 3:46PM EDT
Read all the FCC complaints about Adam Levine's Super Bowl halftime show nipples
Deadspin has rounded up the 94 complaints filed with the FCC over CBS' Super Bowl coverage, including emails objecting to...
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Posted Sunday 2/24/19 at 5:50PM EST
More than 50 people filed FCC complaints over Adam Levine's Super Bowl halftime nipples
Some of the complaints called out what they view as hypocrisy that the topless Maroon 5 frontman was able to...
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Posted Thursday 8/09/18 at 2:00PM EDT
Tribune Media calls off $3.9 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcasting and files a $1 billion suit
Tribune says Sinclair is on the hook for $1 billion after failing to get regulatory approval to acquire 42 of...
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Posted Tuesday 8/07/18 at 10:55PM EDT
Investigation finds that John Oliver caused FCC's comment system to crash -- not a cyberattack, as was alleged
The FCC kept sticking to its story that a cyberattack caused its electronic commenting system to crash last year.
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Posted Wednesday 7/25/18 at 3:24AM EDT
Report: President Trump raged at his staff after spotting CNN on Melania's Trump's TV set aboard Air Force One
The New York Times reports that Trump's recent reaction caused a "bit of a stir" aboard Air Force One.
