{"slug": "federal-communications-commission", "label": "Federal Communications Commission", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128831", "qid": "Q128831", "description": "independent U.S. government agency", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1927, 1987], "span_label": ["1927 CE", "1987 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 7}], "related": [{"slug": "cbs", "label": "CBS", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – The U.S. Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#February", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Commercial television is authorized by the Federal Communications Commission in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#July", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – The United States Federal Communications Commission's minimum programming time required of television stations is cut from 15 hours to 4 hours a week during the war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372873908#April", "title": "1942", "revid": 1372873908, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – The Federal Communications Commission in the United States issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS (RCA will successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371638577#October", "title": "1950", "revid": 1371638577, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approves color television (using the NTSC standard).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#December", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – In a speech on \"Television and the Public Interest\" to the National Association of Broadcasters in the United States, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow describes commercial television programming as a \"vast wasteland\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372676854#May", "title": "1961", "revid": 1372676854, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to present alternative views on controversial issues.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#August", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › August"}}]}