Federal Communications Commission
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1. Federal Communications Commission - Noun
2. Federal Communications Commission - Proper noun
Meaning
an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite
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ABDO Publishing ISBN 1-61714-782-6 pp78-9 In 1995, Murdoch's Fox Network became the object of scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), when it was alleged that News Ltd.'s Australian base made Murdoch's ownership of Fox illegal.
A " ground loop " had been created by a grounding strap added in production to meet U.S. Federal Communications Commission signal radiation requirements.
ACLU Comments to the Federal Communications Commission re: MB Docket No. 04-261, the Matter of Violent Television Programming and Its Impact on Children.
As the Federal Communications Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over broadcast stations, whether a local authority can legally impose a fee merely to watch an over-the-air broadcast station is questionable.
Authorization to use the callsign "K1N" for the duration of the DX-pedition was issued by a Special Event Callsign Coordinator on behalf of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission who has control of all amateur radio licensing on U.S. territory.
As the networks increased the number of programs that they aired, however, officials at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) grew concerned that local television might disappear altogether.