The FCC is probing Chicago public radio station WBEZ over on-air sponsorships
Chicago’s WBEZ is among 13 NPR and PBS member radio stations being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission as ...
Some conservative groups think Trump’s FCC chairman is going too far
Trump’s FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, declined to drop an investigation into CBS over its “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala ...
NPR faces a real threat in defunding fight that’s coming
Over its 55-year history, defunding scares have come like clockwork at National Public Radio, timed to GOP power. Will 2025 ...
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WBEZ being investigated by federal regulators over on-air sponsorships
The inquiry is part of the FCC’s investigation into NPR and PBS. In January, the new chairman of the agency, Brendan Carr, ...
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PBS and NPR Heads Asked to Testify Before DOGE Committee
I want to hear why NPR and PBS think they should ever again receive a single cent from the American taxpayer,” Rep. Marjorie ...
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NMPBS general manager outlines threats to public media ahead of Congressional hearing
On March 26, the CEOs of NPR and PBS will testify at a House subcommittee in a hearing dubbed “Anti-American Airwaves: ...
Senator Richard Blumenthal Slams FCC’s ‘Unprecedented, Intrusive’ Investigations Into Paramount-Skydance, Comcast, NPR and PBS
The Democrat opened an inquiry into the agency's "apparent retaliatory actions against news organizations targeted by ...
WBEZ, 12 other public media stations under investigation by FCC
The Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to several public media stations saying they were under investigation ...
NPR told gay host Ari Shapiro not to attend Pride event — then reversed decision after emails leaked
NPR urged its longtime host, Ari Shapiro, one of its most visible gay employees, not to attend a Pride event – and later ...
FCC Chair Threatens to Block M&A for Companies That Embrace DEI Policies
FCC chairman Brendan Carr has put companies who promote "invidious” DEI policies on notice, warning that he will block their ...
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WBEZ, 12 other public media stations under investigation by FCC
On Jan. 29, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sent letters to National Public Radio president and CEO Katherine Maher and PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger advising them that 13 of its member stations ...
Column: NPR faces a real threat in defunding fight that’s coming
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency put the nation’s public radio network on notice. “Defund NPR,” he wrote ...