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FCC Investigates DEI at NBC Universal

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TheBigA

This is what the FCC has become. The DEI police:

nypost.com

FCC’s Brendan Carr orders probe into Comcast’s DEI policies

The FCC’s chairman sent a letter to Comcast’s chief executive on Tuesday about his order for an investigation.
nypost.com nypost.com

www.foxnews.com

FCC launches probe into NBC News parent Comcast ‘to root out invidious forms of DEI discrimination’

FCC chairman Brendan Carr has opened an investigation into diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices at Comcast and NBCUniversal.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com

FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks calls it an "unofficial action" and an "overreach:"


I expect him to get fired by the president.
 
NBC is a private company if they want DEI in there company they have every right to do it. The FCC has to have 2 liberals on the board and I doubt that Starks gets fired as he would be replace with another liberal. The FCC should be non-partisan and shouldn't be whoever is president the party controls it in my opinion I know that is not how it works.
 
TheBigA said:
The FCC can deny their O&O TV station renewals. Their spinoff plan needs regulatory approvals.
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For TV, the only licenses that will expire during the current administration are in DC, MD, VA, WV, NC and SC.
For Radio, those TV states, plus FL, PR, VI, AL, GA, AR, LA, MS, IN, KY, TN, MI, OH, IL and WI.
Depends on who wins the 2028 election whether we put the other states at risk.
 
Michi said:
For TV, the only licenses that will expire during the current administration are in DC, MD, VA, WV, NC and SC.
For Radio, those TV states, plus FL, PR, VI, AL, GA, AR, LA, MS, IN, KY, TN, MI, OH, IL and WI.
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Not aware that NBCUniversal owns any radio. They sold all stations and the radio network in 1988.

The only pending change that will need some regulatory approval is the cable channel spinoff.
 
TheBigA said:
Not aware that NBCUniversal owns any radio. They sold all stations and the radio network in 1988.

The only pending change that will need some regulatory approval is the cable channel spinoff.
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My point is that very few TV stations are at risk come renewal time. Radio is at more of a risk because of the timing of the renewal cycle. Still even with that, it is very likely that anything that happens during the current administration could first be challenged inside the agency and then eventually in the DC Circuit, which can take some time.
 
thedesk.net

Scoop: FCC's Brendan Carr wants hearing on NBC "equal time" matter

The matter is rooted in an appearance by former Vice President Kamala Harris on "Saturday Night Live" last year.
thedesk.net thedesk.net

Now the FCC goes after the license of WNBC-TV New York over “Equal Time”. Keep in mind this was dismissed in 2024. But this could affect how Comcast renews its NBC and Telemundo affiliates they own directly. Also this could affect how the spinoffs their soon to be former cable networks division (Versant Media) gets the approval of a spinoff and completely cut themselves from Comcast.

Comcast and its entertainment company NBC Universal may soon be the subject of a formal inquiry launched by the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) over a comedy sketch featuring former Vice President Kamala Harris that aired on “Saturday Night Live” last year.

Over the past few weeks, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has informally inquired about the process of designating the matter for a formal hearing, The Desk has learned based on interviews with people inside the agency and others familiar with the matter.


The hearing would focus on certain obligations of WNBC-TV (Channel 4), the NBC-owned station in New York City which was the subject of an informal complaint filed by a grassroots group called the Center for American Rights (CAR) last year. The complaint accused WNBC of violating the “equal time” provision of the Communications Act, which requires broadcasters to provide equitable air time to all political candidates in a race when an opposing candidate appears during a TV program.
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Politico does a profile on FCC commissioner Brendan Carr and how he’s carrying the FCC in the second Trump Administration. This is the other clue why NBC is the target of the FCC and Politico cites how Chairman Carr goes after NBC News.


Carr’s appetite to delve into content appears to be growing. On April 16, he slammed Comcast news outlets for how they covered the Salvadoran man at the heart of a Trump administration deportation battle, suggesting they violated the law by misleadingly characterizing facts of a high-profile case. “Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest,” Carr wrote. “News distortion doesn’t cut it.”
Comcast’s outlets include not just NBC, whose broadcast programming faces some content-related FCC regulation, but also MSNBC, whose cable TV programming has typically fallen outside the agency’s authority.

Carr has also threatened to use the FCC’s leverage over mergers in a novel way: to force companies to abandon their diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Eliminating DEI is a priority that Trump enshrined in executive orders, and his White House has been enforcing it in numerous ways across the government and in the private sector.
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