FCC’s Brendan Carr also suggests an investigation could be relevant to conservative congressional efforts to defund the public broadcasters.

Now, Trump’s FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, has sent a letter to public broadcasters NPR and PBS saying that he plans to investigate them for potentially having violated federal law. In the very same letter,

The investigation will revolve around NPR and PBS airing sponsorships across their 1,500-plus member stations, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said he is launching investigations into both PBS and NPR, in the hopes of helping Congress defund the public broadcasters. His basis for the investigation stems from what he alleges are potentially unlawful commercials.

As promised, President Donald Trump signed an order officially designating Brendan Carr as the new FCC Chairman.

Donald Trump has officially appointed Brendan Carr as the new chairman of the FCC. Carr’s appointment does not require Senate confirmation because he is already a sitting commissioner. Trump first mentioned Carr’s name as a possibility for FCC chairman back in November 2024, shortly after the election.

FCC chairman Brendan Carr, a Project 2025 author and right-wing critic of the media, launched probes into National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, outlets that have been often been targeted by conservatives.