The designation, which includes a large part of New York State, permits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to authorize the construction of large electricity transmission lines in those areas over state objections.

The Federal Radio Commission authorized the construction of two 10,000 watt stations in New York and Chicago, Illinois, to experiment on three shortwave channels.

On January 16, 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized an expansion of the network to serve markets in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The Federal Communications Commission has just authorized "video dial tone" - transmission of television and other video services over phone lines.

When the Federal Communications Commission authorized low-power television several years ago, these stations and their crazy-quilt alphanumeric call "letters" were hot items, right up there with biotechnology stocks.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized the Project developers to sell transmission rights at negotiated rates in July 2010.

With the introduction of the NTSC standard, the Federal Communications Commission authorized the start of commercial television transmission on 1 July 1941.

The Federal Trade Commission had authorized its staff to seek a court order to bar McKesson's purchase of Alco, based in Valley Forge, Pa., the nation's third-largest independent drug wholesaler.

On March 9, 1928 the Federal Radio Commission authorized the sale and changed the call letters to KPOF.

In 1983, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized the Black Television Workshop to construct a non-commercial TV station on channel 68 in the Los Angeles area.