#Broadcasting
Events indexed under #Broadcasting — 9 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-19 | Nexstar-Tegna $6.2 Billion Merger Creates Media Giant Reaching 80% of US Households nexstar-media-group · tegna · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2003-06-02 | FCC Deregulation Enables Sinclair Broadcasting Expansion Michael Powell · Federal Communications Commission · Sinclair Broadcasting · David Smith · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1987-08-04 | Reagan FCC Abolishes Fairness Doctrine in 4-0 Vote, Eliminating Balanced Coverage Requirements for Broadcasters Dennis R. Patrick · Federal Communications Commission · Ronald Reagan · Mark S. Fowler · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1953-01-01 | FCC Adopts Seven-Station Rule Limiting Broadcast Ownership to Prevent Media Monopoly and Ensure Viewpoint Diversity Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 1950-06-22 | Red Channels Published, Launching Broadcasting Blacklist and Corporate "Smear and Clear" Racket American Business Consultants · John G. Keenan · Kenneth M. Bierly · Theodore C. Kirkpatrick · +6 | confirmed | |
| 1949-06-01 | FCC Establishes Fairness Doctrine Requiring Broadcasters to Present Balanced Coverage of Controversial Issues Federal Communications Commission · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1934-06-19 | Communications Act of 1934 Creates FCC and Consolidates Federal Media Regulation Under Public Interest Standard Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission · Federal Radio Commission | confirmed | |
| 1927-09-18 | CBS Founded as Radio Broadcasting Oligopoly Takes Shape William Paley · Columbia Phonograph Company · Arthur Judson · Paramount Pictures | confirmed | |
| 1927-02-23 | Radio Act of 1927 Establishes Public Ownership of Airwaves and "Public Interest" Broadcasting Standard Calvin Coolidge · Clarence Dill · Wallace H. White Jr. · Federal Radio Commission · +1 | confirmed |