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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created by Congressional statute to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security, and modernizing itself. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Federal Communications Commission has hosted 121 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1983 Public Hearing. The year with the most events was 2009 with 11 events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2015 with an average of 8,156 views per video. Most appearances with Michael J. Copps (46), Jonathan S. Adelstein (30), Robert M. McDowell (30). Most common tags: Telecommunication, Online Technology, Cable Television.

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