Donald Trump announced Senate aide Olivia Trusty as his pick for FCC commissioner, giving Republicans a majority at the regulatory agency.
Olivia Trusty, a staffer for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), is Donald Trump’s choice to fill the fifth spot on the FCC. “Olivia will work with our incredible new Chairman of the FCC, Brendan Carr, to cut regulations at a record pace,
Outgoing Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel had some choice words about Donald Trump and the threat he poses to the First Amendment.
As promised, President Donald Trump signed an order officially designating Brendan Carr as the new FCC Chairman.
Rosenworcel said Trump was a threat to the First Amendment for calling on the FCC to revoke licenses for broadcast television stations because he disagrees with their content and coverage.
WASHINGTON—Brendan Carr expressed gratitude and eagerness to move forward on a range of issues in a statement Jan. 20 upon President Donald Trump’s order naming him Federal Communications Chairman.
L. Brent Bozell III, founder of the conservative watchdog group Media Research Center, is Donald Trump‘s choice to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the agency that oversees U.S. broadcast entities like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.
Brendan Carr will move the complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS – which accused them of being partial to Kamala Harris – back to active or pending status.
Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr has reversed his predecessor Jessica Rosenworcel's last-minute decision to dismiss three complaints against local CBS, ABC and NBC stations. The complaints were filed by The Center for American Rights,
Departing chairwoman of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, warned of efforts to tie the broadcast station license renewals to news content.