The FCC had briefly approved a different color television standard, starting in October 1950, which was developed by CBS.

The FCC approved the use of ASCII by Amateur Radio stations on March 17, 1980 with speeds up to 300 baud from 3. 5 to 21. 25 MHz and 1200 baud between 28 and 225 MHz.

In the case of modern television receivers, no other technique was able to produce the precise bandpass characteristic needed for vestigial sideband reception, similar to that used in the NTSC system approved by the U. S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) in 1953, and the PAL system approved by the BBC in 1957.

The WPS was approved by the FCC for NS / EP requirements on a call-by-call priority basis.

After a year of deliberation the FCC finally approved the purchase by UPT in a 5 – 2 split decision on February 9, 1953.

Much like the FRC, the FCC is made up of five commissioners, who are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.

of Justice and FCC approved the merger on Oct. 30th and Nov. 4th, 2008 respectively.

In the United States, iBiquity's proprietary HD Radio has been adopted and approved by the FCC for medium wave transmissions, while Digital Radio Mondiale is a more open effort often used on the shortwave bands, and can be used alongside many AM broadcasts.

After a series of hearings beginning in September 1949, the FCC found the RCA and CTI systems fraught with technical problems, inaccurate color reproduction, and expensive equipment, and so formally approved the CBS system as the U. S. color broadcasting standard on October 11, 1950.

Despite a 1967 recommendation that MCI's application be approved, final authorization for MCI to begin operations was delayed until after H. Rex Lee became an FCC Commissioner in October 1968.

* Ancillary Terrestrial Component, a terrestrial mobile telecom system added to a mobile satellite system, approved by the U. S. FCC for portions of the S band

CBS had their electro-mechanical color television system approved by the FCC on October 10, 1950, however Sarnoff filed an unsuccessful suit in the United States district court to suspend that ruling.

On December 17, 1953 the FCC approved RCA's system as the new standard.

On January 29, 2010, the FCC approved the request.

HD Radio technology is the only digital technology approved by the FCC for digital AM and FM broadcasting in the US.

The sale was approved by the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) on October 11, 2007.

On July 20, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) approved 2-1-1 for nation-wide use as a short number in the United States along with 5-1-1.

On July 25, 2008, after 17 months, the merger was approved in a 3 – 2 vote by the FCC.

After lobbying by RCA President David Sarnoff and Paley in Washington, D. C., the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) approved the RCA color system as the standard, and CBS sold the patents to its system to foreign broadcasters as PAL SECAM.

* 1982: FCC approved AT & T proposal for AMPS ) and allocated frequencies in the 824-894 MHz band.

The FCC approved the application, mostly because the new application changed the class of the station from C ( up to 100 kW at 600 meters or 1968 feet ) down to C3 ( up to 25 kW at 100 meters or 328 feet ) to protect the licensed broadcast range of WSSL.

In November 2007, the FCC approved the sale of the station by Clark Atlanta University ( WCLK FM 90. 1 ) to Extreme Media Group LLC of Woodstock, Virginia.

In the U. S., the FCC approved Digital Audio Radio Satellite ( DARS ) broadcasts in the S band from 2. 31 to 2. 36 GHz, currently used by Sirius XM Radio.

The Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) approved the sale of WBTV on March 25, 2008, and Raycom formally took control on April 1.

Laws were passed in the US which prohibited the FCC type acceptance and sale of any receiver which could tune the frequency ranges occupied by analog AMPS cellular services.

Dominion, under its former corporate name Video Satellite Systems Inc., was actually the second from among the first nine companies to apply to the FCC for a high-power DBS license in 1981, and it was the sole surviving DBS pioneer from that first round of forward-thinking applicants until the sale of their license to EchoStar Communications Corporation in 2007 and departure from satellite distribution in 2008.

Outgoing New Jersey governor Robert B. Meyner, addressing state lawmakers ' concerns over continued programming specific to New Jersey, and fearing the FCC would move the channel 13 allocation to New York City, petitioned the United States Court of Appeals on September 6, 1961, to block the sale of WNTA-TV.

The FCC has set a timetable for the development and sale of digital wireless telephones that are compatible with hearing aids.

In late March 2008, the Community Broadcasters Association filed a lawsuit in the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, seeking an injunction to halt the sale and distribution of DTV converter boxes, Responding to CBA's actions, the FCC and NTIA urged manufacturers to include the feature voluntarily in all converter boxes, and manufacturers responded by releasing a new generation of models with the feature.

On November 2, 2011, it was announced that Sinclair would purchase all eight television stations owned by Freedom Communications in a move for Freedom to eliminate its debt ; the sale is pending Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) and United States Department of Justice ( DOJ ) approval.

Consequently, WCVZ would become the new home for " CD101 ," and while the sale of the 101. 1 MHz facility awaited approval from the FCC, WWCD broadcast over both the 101. 1 and 102. 5 MHz facilities, with the " CD101 " name being slightly modified to " CD101 @ 102. 5 ".

After the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) legalized duopolies on November 15, 1999, Allbritton announced the sale of WJXX to WTLV owner Gannett Company the next day.

The sale has been approved by the bankruptcy court, pending FCC approval for license transfer.

Following FCC approval of the sale, WFNX stopped broadcasting on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, but continues to stream over the internet.

The sale was approved by the FCC in late-November giving Boston its second television duopoly ( the other one being WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV ).

The FCC granted approval for this sale in late-May and was completed on June 4.

On November 29, 2011, the FCC approved the sale, which was completed on December 30, 2011.

The sale which was overseen by the FCC required the ownership to go only to a Black Minority, so WWDB was sold to Black Philadelphia attorney Ragan Henry ( for an undervalued amount of $ 6, 000, 000 ), whose law firm was also working for the Banks Family.

In April, the FCC approved the sale of the Hansen brothers ' 50 % share of KCRA's AM, FM and TV licenses to the Kelly family -- Bob, Jon and their mother Nina, and the company changed its name to Kelly Broadcasting Company.

The sale was consummated ( after FCC approval ) on May 2, 2011, at which time the station's call sign changed from WQEX to WINP-TV.

On November 17, 2006, the sale was approved by the FCC.

On November 17, 2006, the sale was approved by the FCC.

As a condition of the 1983 sale Metromedia was forced by the FCC to divest its Chicago radio station, WMET ( 95. 5 FM, now WNUA ), which was sold to Doubleday Broadcasting.

The sale of both stations was approved by the FCC on July 25, 2005, with Davidson taking control on September 7.

Although call letters are not technically for sale, Turner and WTBS worked out a strategem whereby Turner gave a $ 25, 000 donation to WTBS with an agreement that WTBS would apply for new call letters, with a second donation of $ 25, 000 promised if the FCC were to subsequently grant the letters " WTBS " to Turner.

On November 16, 2006, WWVA, WOVK, WVKF, WKWK, WEGW and WBBD were announced for sale as part of Clear Channel's divestiture of almost 450 small and middle-market radio properties in the U. S. The Clear Channel Wheeling stations were initially slated to be sold to Florida based GoodRadio. TV LLC in May 2007, but the deal soon collapsed prior to FCC approval.