A major trade group representing US TV and radio stations called for the Federal Communications Commission to drop longstanding rules against consolidation that prevent broadcasters from reaching nationwide audiences.

The House of Representatives' Republican Study Committee is hosting FCC Chair Brendan Carr at its weekly lunch, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Center for American Rights, a nonprofit that has filed a number of complaints about media companies to regulators, asked the Federal Communications Commission to examine diversity efforts at Paramount Global as part of a larger review of such programs.

FCC chairman Brendan Carr, in a letter to iHeartMedia CEO Robert Pittman on Monday, said that the inquiry relates to possible violations of government rules requiring broadcasters to disclose payments or other consideration for airing certain programming.

In practical terms, the order seems unlikely to make much difference. The new FCC and FTC chairmen have already shown themselves to be enthusiastic supporters of Trump's agenda.

The order is the latest example of Trump’s embrace of a broad and controversial theory of executive power. The White House is confident the Supreme Court will bless his approach.

Republican FCC Chair Brendan Carr slammed former Transportation Secretary Buttgieg for claiming the Trump administration is putting Americans "at risk" with incompetence.

As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission probes CBS for potential violations of the agency’s rarely-invoked policy on “news distortion,” communications lawyers and FCC scholars say that the move under newly installed commission chair Brendan Carr could mark a sharp departure from agency precedent.

NBCUniversal and its parent company, Comcast, were the latest media companies to receive word of an investigation by the FCC. In a letter sent to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts on Tues

The head of the FCC said he is seeking an investigation of NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast over the firm's diversity initiatives.

Without saying his name, Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez decries FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s moves to investigate broadcasters and challenge social platforms over content moderation.