| 2026-10-21 | FCC Chair Carr Warns Licensed Broadcasters That Airing "Fake Polls" Could Violate News-Distortion and Hoax Rules, Without Naming Any Poll
1 src Brendan Carr · Anna Gomez · Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-14 | Supreme Court Stays Fourth Circuit Order Giving FCC 48 Hours to Decide Candidates' Ad-Rate Challenge
2 src Federal Communications Commission · Sherrod Brown · National Republican Congressional Committee · Sonia Sotomayor · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-08 | Chief Justice Roberts Stays Fourth Circuit Order Directing FCC to Resolve Challengers' Application by Noon Oct. 9; Response Due Oct. 10
5 src D. John Sauer · Federal Communications Commission · Sherrod Brown · National Republican Senatorial Committee · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-09 | Jimmy Kimmel Live Does Not Broadcast Talarico Interview and Moves It to YouTube; Kimmel Says the FCC Has Threatened His Show
2 src James Talarico · ABC · The Walt Disney Company · Federal Communications Commission · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-04 | Supreme Court Grants Stay of Fourth Circuit Ruling That Set Aside FCC Party Ad-Rate Notice, Citing Likely No Jurisdiction
2 src Federal Communications Commission · Sherrod Brown · National Republican Congressional Committee · National Republican Senatorial Committee · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-18 | ABC and Disney Sue FCC for First Amendment Retaliation Over Early License Renewals; Complaint Says No Candidate Has Appeared on The View Since February
3 src American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. · The Walt Disney Company · Federal Communications Commission · Brendan Carr · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-06 | FCC Votes to Repeal the National Television Ownership Cap and Replace It With Case-by-Case Review; Gomez Dissents (Adopted August 6, Text Released October 1)
2 src Federal Communications Commission · Brendan Carr · Anna Gomez | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-12 | FCC Wireless and Space Bureaus grant SpaceX-EchoStar spectrum assignment (DA 26-471); DOJ moves 2026-05-19 to end EchoStar's network-build duty in the T-Mobile/Sprint decree
2 src EchoStar · SpaceX · Brendan Carr | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-28 | FCC Media Bureau Order DA 26-416 Calls In Licenses of All Eight ABC-Owned Stations for Early Renewal Within 30 Days
3 src Federal Communications Commission · FCC Media Bureau · The Walt Disney Company · American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-30 | FCC Media Bureau Notice DA 26-300 Says Favorable Candidate Ad Rates Cover Party Coordinated Ads and Joint-Fundraising Committees
2 src Federal Communications Commission · FCC Media Bureau · Sherrod Brown · National Republican Congressional Committee | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | FCC Media Bureau Approves Nexstar-TEGNA on Delegated Authority, Waiving the National Ownership Cap; Deal Closes the Same Day
3 src Federal Communications Commission · FCC Media Bureau · Brendan Carr | | reported |
| 2026-02-20 | FCC Chair Urges Broadcasters to Air 'Pro-America' Patriotic Content
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-19 | FCC Chair Confirms Investigation of ABC Over Equal-Time Violations on The View
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · ABC |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-22 | Anthropic Tells the FCC Adversary-Owned Cable Equipment Could Degrade AI Workloads; the FCC Cites It in Its June 2026 Order
1 src Anthropic · Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-19 | Nexstar-Tegna $6.2 Billion Merger Creates Media Giant Reaching 80% of US Households
3 src Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-07 | Skydance-Paramount deal closes with contentious FCC regulatory conditions
4 src Skydance · Paramount Global · Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 2025-04-03 | FCC Chair Carr Proposes Section 230 Reinterpretation at DOJ "Big-Tech Censorship" Forum
6 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-25 | Brendan Carr chairs FCC after writing Project 2025 FCC chapter
4 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Trump Administration · Heritage Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2022-11-25 | FCC bans Huawei and ZTE as national security threats while Carbyne operates unchecked
4 src Federal Communications Commission · Huawei · Brendan Carr · U.S. Congress · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-07-16 | FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Refers Sinclair-Tribune Merger to Hearing Over "Serious Concerns" About Sham Divestitures and Misrepresentation
5 src Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Sinclair Broadcast Group · David Smith |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-11 | Net Neutrality Repeal Officially Takes Effect, Permitting ISPs to Throttle, Block, and Prioritize Content for Payment
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-12-14 | FCC Under Ajit Pai Repeals Net Neutrality in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
3 src Ajit Pai · Donald Trump · Verizon Communications · AT&T |
| confirmed |
| 2017-01-23 | Trump Appoints Ajit Pai as FCC Chairman, Installing Former Verizon Lawyer to Regulate His Former Employer
3 src Donald Trump · Ajit Pai · Verizon Communications · Federal Communications Commission · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2015-02-26 | FCC Votes 3-2 for Strong Net Neutrality Protections Through Title II Reclassification After Record Public Engagement
3 src Tom Wheeler · Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Barack Obama |
| confirmed |
| 2014-05-15 | FCC Approves Paid Prioritization "Fast Lanes" Proposal Despite Massive Public Backlash
3 src Tom Wheeler · Federal Communications Commission · Google · Microsoft · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2014-01-14 | Verizon Lawsuit Successfully Overturns FCC Net Neutrality Rules, Court Demands Title II Reclassification
3 src Verizon Communications · D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals · Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2013-05-02 | Obama Nominates Telecom Industry Lobbyist Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman
4 src Tom Wheeler · Barack Obama |
| confirmed |
| 2011-05-11 | FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Joins Comcast Four Months After Approving NBC Universal Merger
3 src Comcast Corporation · Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2010-12-21 | FCC Passes First Net Neutrality Rules with Major Wireless Exemption in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · AT&T |
| confirmed |
| 2008-08-01 | FCC Orders Comcast to Stop Throttling BitTorrent Traffic in Historic 3-2 Vote on Net Neutrality
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Comcast Corporation · Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2003-06-02 | FCC Attempts Massive Media Deregulation Under Michael Powell Despite 97% Public Opposition
3 src Colin Powell · George W. Bush · Trent Lott |
| confirmed |
| 2000-05-03 | FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations
4 src Viacom · FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1996-02-08 | Telecommunications Act of 1996 Eliminates Radio Ownership Caps and Raises TV Limits, Triggering Massive Media Consolidation
10 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission · Clear Channel Communications · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1992-03-01 | FCC Report and Order Relaxes Radio Ownership Caps (MM Docket No. 91-140, 7 FCC Rcd 2755) — Then Cuts Its Own National Cap on Reconsideration (FCC 92-361)
3 src Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 1987-08-04 | Reagan FCC Abolishes Fairness Doctrine in 4-0 Vote, Eliminating Balanced Coverage Requirements for Broadcasters
6 src Federal Communications Commission · Ronald Reagan | | confirmed |
| 1969-06-09 | Supreme Court Upholds Fairness Doctrine in Red Lion v. FCC, Establishing Spectrum-Scarcity Trustee Theory
2 src Byron White · Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 1953-01-01 | FCC Adopts Seven-Station Rule Limiting Broadcast Ownership to Prevent Media Monopoly and Ensure Viewpoint Diversity
9 src Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 1949-06-01 | FCC Establishes Fairness Doctrine Requiring Broadcasters to Present Balanced Coverage of Controversial Issues
7 src Federal Communications Commission · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1941-05-06 | FCC Establishes Television Ownership Limit of Three Stations to Prevent Media Monopoly Concentration
3 src Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 1934-06-19 | Communications Act of 1934 Creates FCC and Consolidates Federal Media Regulation Under Public Interest Standard
4 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 1927-02-23 | Radio Act of 1927 Establishes Public Ownership of Airwaves and "Public Interest" Broadcasting Standard
4 src Calvin Coolidge · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |