Trump signals major media shake-up with FCC chairman pick
Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat who currently chairs the Federal Communications Commission, is hostile to President-elect Donald Trump, particularly regarding corrupt liberal broadcast stations and foreign takeovers of hundreds of American radio stations. , and has especially ignored conservative concerns in recent years about rogue liberal stations. and other pressing issues regarding the regulation of domestic […]
Trump Taps Brendan Carr For FCC Chair, Calls Him ‘Warrior For Free Speech’
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday nominated Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr to be the next Secretary of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). President Trump: “I am pleased to announce that Commissioner Brendan Carr will serve as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments, I am appointing him Permanent […]
Trump’s choice for FCC chairman says agency ‘will end’ DEI promotion next year
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to chair the Federal Communications Commission announced early Monday that the agency's focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) will end next year. Brendan Carr, currently the FCC's senior Republican commissioner, posted excerpts from the agency's statement. Budget request for fiscal year 2025 At X, we state that our second-highest strategic […]
Donald Trump Nominates Brendan Carr to Head FCC
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Carr was nominated by President Trump in 2017, was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate three times, and currently serves as the FCC's senior Republican commissioner. In announcing Carr's appointment, the president-elect said he would appoint him permanent chair for the […]
Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead FCC — calls him ‘warrior for Free Speech’
President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday night that he has appointed Republican Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr to lead the agency. Trump called Carr a “free speech fighter” and effusively praised the 45-year-old, who he first appointed to the FCC commissioner in 2017 during his first term in the White House. “His current term ends in […]
Brendan Carr gets picked by President-elect Trump to lead FCC in January
President-elect Trump announced Sunday that he has selected Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) starting in January. Carr, currently the FCC's senior Republican commissioner, was first appointed to the commission by President Trump in 2017. In a statement released Sunday night, President Trump praised Carr and said he was “unanimously confirmed by […]
Trump taps Brendan Carr to lead FCC, commends ‘great work’
President-elect Trump announced Sunday that he has selected Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) starting in January. “Commissioner Carr currently serves as the FCC's senior Republican advisor. Previously, he served as the FCC's general counsel,” President Trump's statement said. “I first nominated Commissioner Kerr to serve as FCC Commissioner in 2017, and […]
Major Paramount shareholder Mario Gabelli urges FCC to delay key decision on Skydance merger
Prominent money manager Mario Gabelli, one of Paramount Global's largest shareholders, has urged the Federal Communications Commission to halt its review of media giant Paramount Global's transfer of broadcast licenses in its $8 billion merger with Skydance. requested the association. Gabelli requested a delay to investigate “possible fiduciary and/or federal securities violations” against Paramount's minority […]
Racist mass texts being probed by FBI, FCC, and more after horrifying black residents in multiple states
Multiple federal and state authorities are investigating how racist email blasts were sent to Black people across the country after this week's presidential election. Text messages invoking slavery were sent to black men, women, and children, leading to investigations by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. The anonymously sent messages were reported in multiple […]
FCC commissioner, Brendan Carrm urges CBS release Kamala Harris ’60 Minutes’ interview transcript
Brendan Carr, the top Republican at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), said the agency is taking seriously a recent formal complaint about CBS's alleged “distortion” of its “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. He claimed that there was. “My colleague at the FCC, a Republican commissioner.” [Nathan] Simington is very proactive about this. […]