Outstanding Issues at the FCC

As the tenure of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and his deregulatory Republican majority winds down, DC policy watchers are looking for action on some big issues yet to be resolved one way or the other.

1. Whether the FCC will grant a permanent waiver to News Corp. so that it can continue to own both WWOR Secaucus, NJ (New York) and the New York Post.
2. Whether the FCC will grant Charter's petition for early exit from some of the conditions it agreed to abide by to secure its purchase of the Time Warner Cable systems.
3. Whether the FCC will approve Scripps $2.65 billion purchase of Ion TV stations.
4. Whether the FCC will act on a petition from the Executive Branch to regulate social media using Sec. 230.