Professional association for communications law & policy
The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA ) is the voluntary bar association for attorneys, engineers, consultants, economists, government officials, and law students involved in the study, development, interpretation, and practice of communications and information technology law and policy in the United States. Located in Washington, D.C. , the FCBA focuses primarily on the regulatory agencies of the Federal Communications Commission and the state public utility commissions.
Founded in 1936, the FCBA reports a membership of over 2,000 communications lawyers and other interested parties who meet regularly to discuss and debate communications law and policy and other topics of interest to the communications industry. The FCBA includes ten active regional chapters and several standing and ad hoc committees. In addition to providing regular continuing legal educational events and publishing a monthly newsletter, a number of meetings, seminars and social events are organized throughout the year.
Also each year, the FCBA Foundation , awards a number of stipends to law students employed as unpaid summer interns at the FCC.
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Federal Communications Commission
Brendan Carr (since 2017)Anna M. Gomez (since 2023)Olivia Trusty (since 2025)2 seats vacant
Chairs
Eugene O. Sykes (1934–35)Anning Smith Prall (1935–37)Frank R. McNinch (1937–39)James Lawrence Fly (1939–44)E. K. Jett Paul A. Porter (1944–46)Charles R. Denny (1946–47)Paul A. Walker Wayne Coy (1947–52)Paul A. Walker (1952–53)Rosel H. Hyde (1953–54)George McConnaughey (1954–57)John C. Doerfer (1957–60)Frederick W. Ford (1960–61)Newton N. Minow (1961–63)E. William Henry (1963–66)Rosel H. Hyde (1966–69)Dean Burch (1969–74)Richard E. Wiley (1974–77)Charles D. Ferris (1977–81)Robert Lee (1981)Mark S. Fowler (1981–87)Dennis R. Patrick (1987–89)Alfred C. Sikes (1989–93)James Henry Quello Reed Hundt (1993–97)William Kennard (1997–2001)Michael Powell (2001–05)Kevin Martin (2005–09)Michael Copps Julius Genachowski (2009–13)Mignon Clyburn Tom Wheeler (2013–17)Ajit Pai (2017–21)Jessica Rosenworcel (2021–25)Brendan Carr (since 2025)
Statutes, regulations, and policies
StatutoryTitle 47 USC )
Communications Act of 1934
All-Channel Receiver Act (1962)Communications Satellite Act of 1962 Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 Satellite Home Viewer Act (1988)Children's Television Act (1990)Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (1994)Telecommunications Act of 1996
Communications Decency Act Section 230 Child Online Protection Act (1998)Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act (1999)Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act (2008)Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (2010)Local Community Radio Act (2010)Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010
RegulationsTitle 47 CFR )
Title 47 CFR Part 15 Title 47 CFR Part 68 Title 47 CFR Part 97
Broadcast
1978 Broadcast Policy Statement on minority ownership 2008 United States wireless spectrum auction Ancillary Terrestrial Component Antenna structure registration AWS-3 auction Broadcast call signs Broadcast flag Broadcast license Broadcast range Broadcasting duopoly Carriage dispute City of license Class A television service Clear-channel station Comparative hearing Dark and silent stations Dispersal of ownership Facility ID FM Non-Duplication Rule (1964–86)Frequency coordinator Local marketing agreement MVDDS
Program test authority Public file Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service Reference distance Rimshot broadcasting Significantly viewed signals permitted to be carried Special temporary authority United States National Radio Quiet Zone White spaces
Broadcasting
Actionable indecency Broadcasting watershed Emergency Alert System Equal-time rule Family Viewing Hour Fairness doctrine (1949–87)Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (1970–93)Fleeting expletive Government-access television Mayflower doctrine (1941–49)Must-carry Non-commercial educational station Personal attack rule Pervasiveness doctrine Prime Time Access Rule Public-access television Retransmission consent Seven dirty words Syndication exclusivity Zapple doctrine (1970–2014)
Telephone and
Carterfone decision Comparably efficient interconnection Competitive local exchange carrier Emergency telephone number
FCC Computer Inquiries
FCC mark FCC registration program Feature group FCC Open Internet Order Incumbent local exchange carrier Lifeline program National Broadband Plan National Do Not Call Registry Personal Communications Service
Telecommunications Service Priority
Total element long run incremental cost Traffic pumping Universal Licensing System Universal Service Fund
Litigations and lawsuits
Supreme Court
FCC v. Sanders Brothers Radio Station National Broadcasting Co. v. United States United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC FCC v. Pacifica Foundation CBS, Inc. v. FCC Sable Communications of California v. FCC Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Services FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. FCC v. AT&T Inc. FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp.
Other
Hush-A-Phone Corp. v. United States American Radio Relay League, Inc. v. FCC Schurz Communications, Inc. v. FCC Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod v. FCC SBC Communications, Inc. v. FCC Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Ass'n v. FCC United States Telecom Association v. FCC Comcast Corp. v. FCC Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC Tennessee v. FCC Mozilla Corp. v. FCC Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC Consumers' Research v. FCC Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC
Agency committees, history, and publications
Advisory
FCC Network Study Committee Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services North American Numbering Council Spectrum Task Force Technical Advisory Council
Predecessor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mann–Elkins Act Radio Act of 1912 Kingsbury Commitment Willis Graham Act Federal Radio Commission
Radio Act of 1927 Davis Amendment General Order 32 General Order 40 Grand Island FCC Monitoring Station
Agency
Report on Chain Broadcasting (1941)Blue Book (1946)FCC Record
Related topics
AllVid Broadband.gov Broadcasting in the United States
Radio FM broadcasting Television Cable television Digital television Digital television transition High-definition television Multichannel television Satellite television Communications in the United States "FCC Song "
Federal Communications Bar Association History of the telephone in the United States Howard Stern Show finesInternet in the United States Leased access Local franchise authority Media cross-ownership in the United States Merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global Modem tax National Exchange Carrier Association Net neutrality in the United States Open spectrum "PTV "
RM-2493 Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation Aids Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Telecommunications policy of the United States Telegraphy in the United States "Television and the Public Interest "
Wireless Ship Act of 1910
Authority control databases
International
National
Other
