The head of the Federal Communications Commission informed NPR and PBS on Wednesday that the agency will probe whether messages aired by the taxpayer-funded broadcasters “cross the line into ...

Brendan Carr, the President Trump-appointed FCC chairman, warned the CEOs of PBS and NPR that they “could be violating federal law by airing commercials” — and that he has ordered an investigation by ...

While much of the television industry could become upended by the Writers Guild of America strike, one area that appears to be unaffected is kids programming in non-commercial public television. “[The ...

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching an investigation into NPR and PBS over their alleged “airing of commercials.” “I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be ...

The new FCC Commissioner wonders whether PBS and NPR -- the public TV network and the public supported radio network -- are not all that commercial free. In a January 29 letter, the incoming Brendan ...

I've written several times in the past few months about PBS's new on-air and online "experiments" that involve using a lot more on-screen promotion of programs and brief paid commercial sponsorships ...