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Congress Approves Funding for Public Broadcasting Emergency, Educational Programs
By Tom Butts published
House minibus package includes $48M for Next Generation Warning system and 'Ready to Learn' grant program

FCC: Stations Airing `Partisan' Talk Shows and Late Night Programs Must Comply with Equal Time Rules
By George Winslow published
Commissioner Gomez called the guidance `an escalation in this FCC’s ongoing campaign to censor and control speech'

NAB, Broadcasters Press FCC to End Ownership Caps
By George Winslow published
NAB, Sinclair, Scripps, Cox, Nexstar, Fox and a coalition of network affiliates filed reply comments rebutting arguments against deregulation by pay TV groups, unions, public interest groups and some smaller broadcasters

Carr: FCC Looking for Ways to ‘Empower’ Local Broadcasters
By George Winslow published
In a fireside chat at CES, Carr also said broadcasters who don’t like the public-interest standard could give up their licenses to become cable networks, YouTube channels or podcasters

Carr Appoints New FCC Chief Economist
By George Winslow published
Jonathan Williams takes on a new role in addition to serving as chief of the Office of Economics and Analytics

Board Votes to Dissolve Corporation for Public Broadcasting
By George Winslow published
Vote comes after Congress ended all funding for the 58-year-old organization

TV Tech’s Top Regulatory Stories of the Year
By George Winslow published
Regulatory issues relating free speech, the 3.0 transition, station ownership rules and Jimmy Kimmel dominated our list of the 20 most popular regulatory stories of 2025

FCC Bans All New Foreign-Made Drones
By George Winslow published
UAS and UAS critical component parts that are produced in foreign countries pose “unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States,” a Executive Branch Interagency body ruled
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