FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr claims the public broadcasting stations could be violating federal law. Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr has ordered investigations into NPR and PBS with the goal of slashing the money given to the government-funded organizations, The New York Times reports.

“PBS is proud of the noncommercial educational programming we provide to all Americans through our member stations,” Kerger said in a statement (via NPR). “We work diligently to comply with the FCC’s underwriting regulations and welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that to the Commission.”

Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.

In yet a third setback for the FCC since the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright opinion eliminating Chevron deference, the 11th Circuit last Friday

In a letter to CEOs of both organizations, FCC Chair Brendan Carr wrote that some underwriting announcements may “cross the line” into advertising.

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said Monday the agency will drop a proposed Biden administration plan to ban broadband internet "bulk billing" for residents of apartments, condominiums and public housing.

On Friday, January 24, 2025, just one business day before it was to take effect on January 27, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal

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Brendan Carr says the the proposal would have raised internet prices for apartments tenants. But the old FCC chair argued the opposite and said bulk billing arrangements risked unwanted costs.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has dropped the previous administration's proposal to ban bulk billing deals that require tenants to pay for a specific provider's Internet service.

The FCC’s authority to auction unused spectrum expired almost two years ago and Congress has failed to extend it.