Closed Captioning Display Requirements for Equipment
February 7, 2019
Closed captioning displays the audio portion of a television program as text on the screen, and provides access to television for people who are deaf...
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categoryNational Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program
January 30, 2019
The FCC's National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP), also known as iCanConnect, provides equipment needed to make...
Remember to Rescan
December 7, 2018
If you receive digital TV over-the-air with an antenna, you should periodically rescan to update the channels you receive. While some boxes do this...
Porting: Keeping Your Phone Number When You Change Providers
December 7, 2018
If you're switching service providers and remaining in the same geographic area, you can keep your existing phone number. This process – often...
Personal Radio Services
December 7, 2018
Personal radio services are short-range, low-power radio communications using devices that operate much like walkie-talkies. Personal radio services...
ULS Narrowbanding Tools
October 3, 2018
1) Modifying Wideband Emissions Using the Narrowband Tool: 1. Log in to the narrowbanding tool, https://wireless2.fcc.gov/narrowband/login.faces with...
After Storms, Watch Out for Scams
September 11, 2018
Scammers are always looking for new victims and, unfortunately, natural disasters leave people at their most vulnerable. Recent hurricanes have...
Consumer FAQs: TV Spectrum Auction
August 31, 2018
What does this mean for you? Now that the auction is complete, some broadcast television stations will change their channels or share a channel with...
Accessibility to Emergency Information on Television
August 24, 2018
FCC rules require broadcasters and cable operators to make local emergency information accessible to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, and to...
AMBER Alerts
August 16, 2018
AMBER alerts are used by law enforcement to notify the public about missing children thought to have been abducted.