Tag: Federal Communications Commission
WJAR parent company buys nonlicense operations for rival WLNE station
PROVIDENCE – Sinclair Inc., the parent company for Rhode Island’s WJAR-TV NBC 10, is taking over the infrastructure and operations for one of its...
Behind the ad blitz to get R.I. lawmakers to reject bills...
A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit spent over $400,000 on ads in the final weeks of the 2025 Rhode Island legislative session to persuade state lawmakers...
After winning over House for second year, fate of election deepfakes...
ChatGPT was hardly a household name when Rep. Jacquelyn Baginski first pitched state regulations limiting artificial intelligence in elections in January 2024.
Seventeen months later, the AI-powered...
Former Catholic Foundation of R.I. director now chief revenue officer for...
PROVIDENCE – Richard Popovic has moved on from the Catholic Foundation of Rhode Island for an executive role with a local media organization.
Popovic, who...
R.I.’s broadband plans move forward despite Cox lawsuit
Rhode Island officials say a Cox Communications lawsuit could threaten a federal $108.7 million allocation to improve high-speed internet access in the state, so...
The facts about R.I.’s historic broadband investment
It’s a historic time for broadband investment in the Ocean State. The Biden-Harris administration has provided our state with unprecedented levels of federal funding...
Pam Johnston picked to lead R.I.’s public media organization
PROVIDENCE – Pam Johnston, the former general manager at WGBH-TV PBS 2 in Boston, will serve as CEO and president of Rhode Island’s recently...
AG approves The Public’s Radio, R.I. PBS merger
PROVIDENCE – The state's two public media stations have crossed their last legal hurdle in a proposed merger agreement, with R.I. Attorney General Peter...
Congress must act to ensure digital equity
In our 21st-century modern society, the importance of high-speed internet for every individual and household cannot be understated. Internet access enables people to search...
Despite FCC ban, AI-powered deep fakes loom over elections
The Federal Communications Commission this month outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by artificial intelligence.
The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans artificial voices in...
