The head of the Federal Communications Commission informed NPR and PBS on Wednesday that the agency will probe whether messages aired by the taxpayer-funded broadcasters “cross the line into ...

Funny how the levers of power suddenly seem to move so fast when it comes to dismantling long-standing institutions. The first ten days of President Donald Trump’s second term in office has been ...

The new FCC Commissioner wonders whether PBS and NPR -- the public TV network and the public supported radio network -- are not all that commercial free. In a January 29 letter, the incoming Brendan ...

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching an investigation into NPR and PBS over their alleged “airing of commercials.” “I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be ...

New FCC chairman Brendan Carr has ordered the agency to launch an investigation into underwriting sponsorship announcements that air during PBS and NPR programming, suggesting they may cross the line ...

Brendan Carr, the President Trump-appointed FCC chairman, warned the CEOs of PBS and NPR that they “could be violating federal law by airing commercials” — and that he has ordered an investigation by ...