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The Federal Communications Commission recently approved a request by Australians Richard and Sharon Burns to increase their interest in a number of radio stations, including those that broadcast from this site shown in Juneau, Alaska, Sunday, March 19, 2017, to a full 100 percent. It's the first time the agency has permitted this and comes after the agency clarified rules that some broadcasters viewed as too severely restricting outside investment. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Richard and Sharon Burns, Australian couple, are first foreigners to own U.S. radio stations

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

FCC probing AT&T’s Wednesday night 911 outage

Associated Press

AT&T staying mum on outage that disrupted 911 service

By JILL BLEED - Associated Press

FCC approves deal to allow Denver TV in Durango area

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In this Feb. 21, 2017 photo, lifelong ham radio operator and expert tinkerer Tom Thompson poses for a photo inside his basement home office, where he operates a ham radio and other devices in Boulder, Colo. After discovering that radio interference was being caused by high-powered lights from home marijuana growers, Thompson built an electronic filter and has given them to nearby growers. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

What’s the buzz? Pot-growing lights vex ham radio operators

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Illustration of Ajit Pai by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Internet freedom means less government regulation

By Joe Colangelo

In this Aug. 9, 2013, file photo, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai presents his dissent during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing at the FCC in Washington. President Donald Trump has picked Pai, a fierce critic of the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules, to be chief regulator of the nation's airwaves and internet connections. In a statement Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Pai said he was grateful to the president for his new role as the next chairman of the FCC. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Donald Trump names Republican Ajit Pai to head FCC

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Connecticut official to sit on advisory board to FCC

Associated Press

Old Regulations Still in Place Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Donald Trump should keep Obama executive order to trim outmoded rules

By Randolph J. May

"It's the consumer's information. How it is used should be the consumer's choice, not the choice of some corporate algorithm," said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, who led the push for the changes. (Associated Press)

ISPs must get permission to share Internet users’ private browsing history: FCC

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, a person passes a T-Mobile store in New York. T-Mobile, the country’s No. 3 wireless carrier, has been fined $48 million for not clearly telling customers how “unlimited” data plans weren’t really, well, unlimited. The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, that T-Mobile had a policy to slow down the speeds of customers who were the heaviest data users. But the company didn’t let customers know what amount of data used would trigger the lower speed. The FCC says T-Mobile started doing a better job with disclosures in June 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

T-Mobile fined $48M over slowing ‘unlimited’ data plans

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, May 30, 2007, file photo shows a cable box on top of a television in Philadelphia. On Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission canceled a vote on rules for apps that could replace cable boxes. The plan has drawn criticism from the TV industry, Hollywood studios and lawmakers. Chairman Tom Wheeler and two other Democratic commissioners said they were still working on the plan. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FCC delays vote on much-disputed rules on cable boxes

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson speak as the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a field hearing titled, &#8220;From Crop to Craft Beer: Federal Regulation&#8217;s Impact on America&#8217;s Food and Agriculture&#8221; at the Grand River Center in Dubuque on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (Mike Burley/Telegraph Herald via AP)

Rescuing broadband from government interference

By Seth L. Cooper

Illustration on the FCC patchwork approach to private data categorization by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Federal Trade Commission rejects FCC privacy regulation

By David Balto

Google Attack on Local TV Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Google’s plan to destroy local TV

By Jonathan Taplin

A guest uses their cellphone to photograph President Barack Obama as greets the crowd after speaking about the economy, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ** FILE **

Obamaphone expands to Obama-Internet, with little thought of cost, abuse

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

BETSY HUBER: FCC rule would stop cellphone service before providing broadband

By Betsy Huber

Government-Issued TV Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

FRED CAMPBELL: FCC considering unnecessary new TV rules

By Fred Campbell

Increased Costs of AllVid Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DAVID BALTO: The hidden costs of ‘AllVid’

By David Balto

Illustration on threats to Internet freedom by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RANDOLPH MAY: Internet freedom that isn’t

By Randolph J. May