The first female member of this organization, Ukrainian-born Frieda Hennock, sought to use its powers to help educators. A 1978 Supreme Court decision that ruled in favor of this organization set forth the “pervasiveness doctrine.” An essay that decried “you weary giants of flesh and steel” was written in response to a 1996 act that gave this organization “unbundling obligations” with respect to “incumbent local exchange carriers.” In 1952, this organization’s Sixth Report and Order ended a five-year “Freeze” that severely weakened a company named for Allen B. DuMont. A 1961 speech by this organization’s leader Newton Minow decried a “vast wasteland.” In 2017, it made a 3-to-2 decision backed by its then-chair Ajit Pai to weaken net neutrality protections. For 10 points, what agency regulates obscene material on radio and broadcast TV? ■END■
ANSWER: FCC [or Federal Communications Commission; reject near-soundalikes such as “SEC,” “FTC,” or “FEC”; ask players to spell their answer if needed] (The essay clued is John Perry Barlow’s “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.” FCC v. Pacifica Foundation concerned George Carlin’s comedy routine “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” The “Freeze” paused issuing of new licenses for television stations.)
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