Carr: Investigation Into PBS and NPR Could 'Expand'

The FCC’s investigation into PBS and NPR stations “could expand” beyond the “narrow issue” of underwriting, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a Fox News interview Monday. The FCC sent letters to the two networks last week announcing an investigation into whether their member stations were running commercial ads (see 2501300065). “Where the investigation goes from there, we'll just be led by the facts,” Carr said Monday. “Every broadcaster has a public interest obligation, and for years, I think the FCC has been completely absent on enforcing the public interest obligation."