Caption action.A Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. mandate A judicial command, order, or precept, written or oral, from a court; a direction that a court has the authority to give and an individual is bound to obey. A mandate might be issued upon the decision of an appeal, which directs that a particular action be taken, or upon a that all new TV programming be closed captioned kicked in January January: see month. 1, leaving stations confused and liable--at $8,000 per violation--for any misstep. Stations now have an incentive not to air emergency news cut-ins at all. |
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