Loud Commercials on TV

Do television commercial advertisements sometimes seem louder than the shows they accompany? TV stations are prohibited from boosting the average vol...

Cable Signal Leakage

Cable television systems use radio frequency, or RF, signals to provide television, telephone and broadband Internet services to customers. These RF ...

Low Power FM Radio

The FCC has a special class of radio licenses called Low Power FM Radio to create opportunities for more voices to be heard on the radio. The LPFM st...

Regulation of Cable TV Rates

Most rates charged by cable television companies are not regulated by the FCC. Your state-approved local franchising authority (LFA) – usually a ci...

Addressing Cable Signal Problems

Cable television subscribers are entitled to signals that meet basic technical quality standards, as defined by the FCC. In keeping with those rules,...

Low Power Television Service

The FCC created the Low Power Television service (LPTV) in 1982 to provide opportunities for locally oriented television service in small communities...

Operation of Wireless Microphones

Consumer Alert for Wireless Microphone Purchases Anyone selling or leasing a wireless microphone or other device designed to operate in th...