As per Federal Communications Commission Regulations following is certified: Platte River Radio Inc. does not discriminate in the sale of commercial time, and will not accept advertising which, in its sole opinion, is purchased with intent to discriminate unlawfully on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity. The advertiser hereby certifies that its purchase of commercial time is not made for an unlawful discriminatory purpose, including specifically that it is not based upon a decision to place advertising on a station on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity.

A New Hampshire television station that debuted in 2014 has been sold at auction to the Federal Communications Commission for an estimated $100 million and will go off the air in the coming months. Bill Binnie of WBIN-TV said Friday that proceeds from the sale will be used by the company to acquire other media assets in digital, outdoor and radio areas.

In 1997, the FCC fined Chicago public TV station WTTW for violating commission standards for underwriting credits . More than two years later, the commission found that three of the four contested credits were permissible, and reduced the fine .

Federal Communications Commission Acting Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Neumann as chief engineer. “Jeffrey’s breadth of knowledge will be a great asset to the Bureau as it tackles the challenging work pending before it,” Carey said.

The new head of the Federal Communications Commission has taken steps to unravel many of his predecessor’s policies. These changes might directly affect consumers and their access to the Internet.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said he is pushing for Congress to include an expansion of broadband internet service in expected infrastructure legislation, including some of his own ideas for aiding hard-to-serve areas.

The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that the bidding phase of the agency’s first-ever auction of wireless spectrum had closed, with bids totaling $19.6 billion. “The participation of these broadcasters and wireless carriers will enable the Commission to release 84 megahertz of spectrum into the broadband marketplace,” he added.

The complex reverse auction was completed last month, and the FCC said it would pay about $10.1 billion to buy broadcast licenses, which was less than the regulatory agency and many industry analysts had…

On February 3, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission revoked all of the designations of Lifeline Broadband Providers and ordered the retraction of multiple reports, including the ” E-rate Modernization Progress Report ” and ” Improving the Nation’s Digital Infrastructure .” ALA is dismayed by these actions to reduce digital opportunity and revise the public record.

LULAC expressed concern for the 13 million low-income Americans who do not have broadband service at home and are eligible to benefit from this program. “We have a national responsibility to ensure all Americans, regardless of their income level, have access to the broadband needed to achieve educational and economic prosperity.”

The comment period has been extended for weighing in on the TV channel repack reporting requirements proposed Jan. 10 by the Federal Communications Commission. Comments are now due Feb. 17 with replies due Feb. 27. “The Media Bureau hereby extends the filing deadlines for public comment in the pending proceeding proposing to require certain broadcast television stations that are not eligible to receive reimbursement from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund but must transition to new channels during the post-auction transition period to provide progress reports,” the commission said in a Feb. 6 Public Notice .

The Federal Communications Commission will host a free webinar concerning robocalls from 9-10 a.m. Feb. 16, said Grace Salazar, spokeswoman for the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.

Nine companies participating in a program designed to provide subsidized internet access to low-income customers have been told by the Federal Communications Commission they are no longer allowed to provide their service.

Regulators are telling nine companies they won’t be allowed to participate in a federal program meant to help them provide affordable Internet access to low-income consumers – weeks after those companies had been given the green light. The move, announced Friday by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, reverses a decision by his Democratic predecessor, Tom Wheeler, and undercuts the companies’ ability to provide low-cost Internet access to poorer Americans.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Newly-appointed Ajit Pai is taking the first steps toward taking the secrecy out of the Federal Communications Commission’s rule making process. Admittedly it’s only a test, but if everything goes as expected, the Federal Communications Commission will throw off the veil of secrecy that has always kept the agency’s decision making out of the public’s view.