Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission’s new chairman, on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the sponsorship practices of NPR and PBS member stations. In a letter obtained by ...

The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has opened an investigation into the use of sponsorships to financially support some news and community-oriented programs aired on PBS and NPR ...

Many local public television stations were already operating in the 1950s and 1960s, and became part of the PBS system once it was established. Unlike commercial networks, PBS is a member ...

Brendan Carr, the chairman, said in a letter to NPR and PBS on Wednesday that the inquiry would focus on whether the news organizations’ member stations violated government rules by recognizing ...

BOYNTON BEACH, FL, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) today announced the election of its board leaders and board members. Dolores Fernandez Alonso ...

Carr alleges that underwriting announcements from NPR and PBS member stations may be crossing the line into prohibited commercial advertisements. NPR and PBS maintain that their sponsorships ...

In particular, it is possible that NPR and PBS member stations are broadcasting underwriting announcements that cross the line into prohibited commercial advertisements," he wrote.

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As an organization that receives federal funds, both directly and indirectly through its member stations, PBS should provide reporting that serves the entire public, not just a narrow slice of ...