1997 Event FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls 1992 Event FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations 1992 Event FCC fines Infinity Broadcasting $600,000 1992 Event House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates 1992 Event FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service 1992 Event FCC rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12) 1991 Event News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby 1990 Event FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs 1987 Event FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters 1987 Event FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves 1987 Event Howard Stern and Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC 1986 Event FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Philadelphia 1982 Event FCC drops limits on duration and frequency of TV ads 1982 Event FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo 1981 Event FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish 1978 Event Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" 1972 Event Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC 1967 Event FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different 1961 Event FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland" 1953 Event FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications 1941 Event FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 1940 Event FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal 1934 Event Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created 1927 Event President Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC)
