Social Media Ideas for Section 233 Communications Act

'Public Interest, Convenience, and Necessity': The 5 Words Behind U.S. Broadcast Licenses

Newton Minow, Kennedy’s FCC chairman, warned in 1961 that broadcasters risked losing their licenses if they neglected educational and other public-service programming.

Lesson 9: Cable Television

The Communications Act of 1934 recognized two kinds of regulated companies, broadcasters and common carriers. Cable fit in neither.

Lesson 5: Broadcast Radio and the Public Interest Standard

The commercial stations' own industry sat on the committee that proposed 'public interest' as the test for federal licensing, at a 1925 conference.

Open Rules and Protocols, Including Section 230, Fuel ‘Permissionless Innovation’

The FCC's expanding 'Covered List' now requires companies to seek government approval, reversing innovation

Live Chat, Messaging, and the FCC’s Accessibility Rules

Administrative – FCC Public Notice is determined to be unlawful

Where a Public Notice from the Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau requires broadcasters to extend the statutory lowest unit charge to political parties and joint fund...

COMING OUT SWINGING: Western District of Virginia Holds That Texts Are Not Calls and Cell Phones are not Residential Und...

DoT cautions citizens against IMEI tampering, misuse of telecommunication identifiers

"Violations may attract imprisonment for up to three years, a fine of up to ₹50 lakh, or both. Such offences are cognizable and non-bailable under Section 42(7) of the Act. Under S...

FCC Download: Monthly Updates - September 2026

From the Fairness Doctrine to a Network Sale: The FCC’s Enduring Authority

For 38 years, the FCC required competing views on controversial issues across broadcast programming.

FCC Issues Notice to Stop Transmitting Illegal Vishing Calls

Lesson 6: The Fairness Doctrine and Public Media

A report from a federal agency told American broadcasters in 1949 to cover controversial public issues and to carry opposing views, and no Congress ever voted that rule into law.

US court says FCC exceeded authority over $9 billion telecom fund

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority in establishing the mechanism behind a telecom subsidy program th...

US court says FCC exceeded authority over $9 billion telecom fund

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority in establishing the mechanism behind a telecom subsidy program th...

Lesson 8: The Distinctly American Style of Broadcast Television

A pause in new television licenses, ordered by the Federal Communications Commission in 1948 and meant to last six months, ran nearly four years.

US court says FCC exceeded authority over $9 billion telecom fund

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority in establishing the mechanism behind a telecom subsidy program th...

FCC Download: Monthly Updates - October 2026

FCC Backs DISH Network in Must Carry Dispute with Georgia TV Station, Nixing Rosenworcel-Era Precedent

Agency holds that a TV station may not elect DBS must carry in two Nielsen Designated Market Areas at the same time. Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez votes to overturn Rosenw...

IMC 2026: Apply same rules on satcom players intending to use spectrum being used by mobile players, says Airtel

Under the Telecommunications Act, 2023, spectrum allocation to satellite communication companies through the administrative method means no auction for point-to-point connections.

DON’T GET CONFUSED!: Court Holds There is Still a Private Right of Action Under TCPA’s 227(b) For Text Messages–Even If...

Lesson 4: The Origin of Wireless

The Titanic sank in April 1912, Congress required a federal license to transmit four months later, and the Navy seized or shut every private radio station in the country when the c...

When Does a Non-Telecom Company Need an FCC Lawyer?

After the Titanic Sank, Congress Passed America’s First Major Radio Law

The system worked while radio was dominated by ships and point-to-point communication. Mass broadcasting in the 1920s exposed what Congress had left unresolved.

Federal judge hears arguments on ABC’s challenge to FCC license review

A federal judge on Tuesday heard arguments on American Broadcasting Companies’ (ABC) attempt to block the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) early review of its stations’ br...