FCC

American  

[ef-see-see] / ˈɛfˈsiˈsi /

abbreviation

U.S. Government.

1. Federal Communications Commission: a board charged with regulating broadcasting and interstate communication by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

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FCC British  

abbreviation

1. Federal Communications Commission

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Example Sentences

The FCC decision doesn’t cover models currently in stores or already purchased—although the commission does have the ability to retroactively add older models to its list of barred equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal

The FCC was created to protect the public from abuse by powerful communications interests.

From Salon

That language no longer appears on the site’s “About the FCC” page, which now says it is “a U.S. government agency overseen by Congress.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Bush administrations, as well as President Obama’s second FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, several commissioners and top agency leadership from both parties.

From The Wall Street Journal

What’s at issue is something called the 39% rule, which is the limit set by current FCC rules for the percentage of households one broadcast company is allowed to reach in the U.S.

From MarketWatch