{"entity":"federal-communications-commission","id":"ent_federal-communications-commission","name":"Federal Communications Commission","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/federal-communications-commission/founded","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, Federal Communications Commission's founding date on the AsOf record is June 19, 1934, dated June 19, 1934, from a primary source (archives.gov) and one further source (britannica.com). The record holds 1 claim on Federal Communications Commission's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_2A12F5450CEB"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_2A12F5450CEB","value":"1934-06-19","valid_from":"1934-06-19","valid_to":null,"published":"2016-08-15","recorded":"2026-10-29","confidence":0.7,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/173.html","tier":"primary","publisher":"National Archives (Guide to Federal Records, RG 173)","published_at":"2016-08-15T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.britannica.com/event/Communications-Act-of-1934","tier":"secondary","publisher":"britannica.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128831","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"Established: As an independent agency by the Communications Act, June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1064).","url":"https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/173.html"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Federal Communications Commission's current founding date?","answer":"June 19, 1934, dated June 19, 1934, from a primary source (archives.gov) and one further source (britannica.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.70)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}