The FCC’s investigation will probe the underwriting announcements and policies of NPR and PBS, as well as their broadcast stations. In a statement, Maher emphasized that the radio broadcaster ...

Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks criticizes ... The letter was sent to both NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger. “I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be ...

“I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by airing commercials,” Carr wrote on Wednesday in a letter to NPR chief executive Katherine Maher and PBS chief ...

The sponsorships, though similar to advertisements, face different FCC rules than typical TV or radio ads. Carr sent the letters Wednesday to NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger ...

FCC Chair Brendan Carr has asked the commission’s Enforcement Bureau to investigate underwriting announcements of NPR, PBS and their member stations, a letter obtained by Current shows. In the letter, ...

Under FCC guidelines, a station can share a sponsor ... In a public statement shared Thursday, NPR chief executive Katherine Maher defended the organization’s practices, saying they comply ...

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching an investigation into NPR and PBS over their alleged “airing of commercials.” “I am concerned that NPR and PBS ...