Hours after announcing the approval of Skydance’s merger with Paramount, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr touted the company’s commitment to “addressing bias & restoring fact-based reporting” at CBS News, among other things.

This initial authority for the FCC was set to expire on September 30, 1998, but was extended by Congress, and has been several times since. The most recent long-term extension was granted as part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, and expired on September 30, 2022.

A packed room and a busy agenda of items on the docket set the stage for the FCC’s July open meeting, where six different proposed initiatives were passed.

WASHINGTON —Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is applauding the passage of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill and provisions of the bill that restore the FCC's auction authority.

The US Senate has allowed the spectrum auction authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to lapse for the first time ever. A bill that would have extended the regulator’s spectrum ...

OBBBA restores the FCC’s general authority to auction spectrum through September 30, 2034. From that authorization, however, it carves out key frequency bands used by the U.S. Department of ...

Congress may look to exert more control over the broader auction authority of the FCC, Flick believes. “Perhaps in the future, if there is ever an auction of FM spectrum the FCC might need to get special authority from Congress to do it,” Flick said. “These are policy decisions, and Congress might want more of a say.