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1997 FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls

1992 FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations

1992 FCC fines Infinity Broadcasting $600,000

1992 House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates

1992 FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service

1992 FCC rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12)

1991 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 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs

1987 FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters

1987 FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves

1987 Howard Stern and Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC

1986 FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Phila

1982 FCC drops limits on duration and frequency of TV ads

1982 FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo

1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish

1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"

1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC

1967 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different

1961 FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland"

1953 FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications

1948 Reed Hundt, FCC chairman

1941 FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1

1940 FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal

1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created

1927 President Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC)



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