Brendan Carr

“People should have the right to watch the programming they paid for — including football” the FCC chair said in a X post

The proposal, which will be voted on at the November meeting, seeks to expand midband spectrum for 5G and 6G services

Chair Brendan Carr said the agency will vote on previously developed items, while member Anna Gomez criticized the regulator for forcing votes on items during a shutdown

Agency could still impose fines or other actions against the network affiliates, the FCC chair said

Texas Republican tells The Wall Street Journal he’ll go on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to promote the legislation

FCC Carr expected to be joined by the two other FCC commissioners

FCC NPRM to look at local television and radio ownership rules that limit the number of stations a single entity can own in a local market

A letter to the FCC signed by Senate Democrats complained that the “FCC’s role in overseeing the public airwaves does not give it the power to act as a roving press censor”

She called ABC’s decision a “cowardly corporate capitulation” to threats from the FCC to suspend broadcast licenses that have no legal basis in “facts or the law”

The network made the move after FCC Chair Carr attacked the late night show for "sick" comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk and threatened licenses of stations who aired it