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With Michael Powell in charge at the FCC, more media megamergers are on the way.
By Robert Scheer
July 26, 2001
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The Telecommunications Reform Act handed over control of the radio airwaves to a chosen few. Will TV be next?
By Eric Boehlert
June 28, 2001
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By Eric Boehlert
June 14, 2001
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Citing new indecency guidelines, the commission fines a radio station for playing Eminem.
By Eric Boehlert
June 13, 2001
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Major broadcasting companies and NPR are ganging up on low-power FM radio. Can John McCain save the day?
By Eric Boehlert
October 16, 2000
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Telecommunications behemoths throw a wrench into the plans of Internet phone providers -- and you'll be the one stuck with the bill.
By Jake Tapper
June 14, 2000
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NPR says it supports low-power FM, but it's joining with industry lobbyists to drive a stake through the heart of grass-roots broadcasting.
By Eric Boehlert
April 11, 2000
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Micro-broadcasters can't believe their ears as the FCC moves to legalize low-power stations.
By Fiona Morgan
January 20, 2000
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When the White House and the TV networks got together to put anti-drug messages in prime-time television, were they breaking the law?
By Daniel Forbes
January 14, 2000
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Peter Eisner of the Center for Public Integrity talks about "The Buying of the President 2000."
By Alicia Montgomery
January 10, 2000
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Bud Paxson and his company, which owns more TV stations than any other in the country, normally fly below the major media radar. That's changed, thanks to Sen. John McCain.
By Sean Elder
January 8, 2000
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Thanks to the new FCC guidelines mandating more educational TV, kids have learned essential facts -- like the NBA is really cool and always to watch for spies when leaving the house.
By Alyssa Katz
October 2, 1997
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The FCC just made cussing less costly -- did it fuck up?
By Sarah Vowell
August 8, 1997
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