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The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security...

Timeline of Events

1927

2.23.1927

The Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.

1934

6.19.1934

The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

1940

1.5.1940

FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.

1950

10.11.1950

Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

1987

8.4.1987

The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".