The FCC Seal

Rosenworcel Reveals Staff Appointments, Special Designations

Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has wasted no time in making the Commission her own, until a permanent head to replace Ajit Pai is nominated by the Biden Administration. On Monday, Rosenworcel unveiled a slew of staff appointments and special designations to her office.

Slow time in Washington gets even slower

The summer doldrums are setting in inside the Beltway. Congress is back from its observance of the Fourth of July, but is getting set...

Don’t play around with Election Day

Charges of voter fraud and vote suppression have been zinging around from both parties during the last few elections. It has gotten to the...

How Do Two Ex-Chairs View Today’s FCC?

A lot of reminiscing, and a lot of questions as to how the Trump Administration will leave the FCC as independent of an agency as it can be

Broadcaster/Industry ownership panel testimony

The NAB, two television groups and two minority broadcast associations were on the 11/4/09 FCC panel in preparation for the 2010 Quadrennial Review of...
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

FTC looking into deceptive online advertising

One of the guiding regulatory principles of advertising is that it must be easily recognized for what it is, and its sponsor should be...
FCC

FCC Delays SNG Carrier ID Requirement

The FCC waived the ID requirement for digital video transmissions for one year.

Doubling down on a file fine

KSJB-AM and KSJZ-FM Jamestown ND, owned by Chesterman Communications, both had program/issues lists missing from their public files for a lengthy period of time,...

Fake News, Fake Endorsements for Fake Remedies

Add in the prodigious use of spam to disseminate the deception

A ‘TOP Honor For A Top News Station

The NAB has selected the station it will honor this year with the NAB Crystal Heritage Award. It's a station famously known for its "Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center" — in addition to top ratings for its continuous supply of news, traffic, weather and sports updates to listeners across the National Capital area.

Media Ownership Hearing On Tap for Thursday

Media ownership has the attention of Congress this week.

'Tis the season to take potshots at the Chairman

The Teamsters remain steamed about the pending sale of Tribune Company to an ESOP headed by Sam Zell. They claim that the "employee-owned" implication...

Tales From ‘Mock’ Tower Inspection Tours

One of the most important documents for any radio or TV station is FCC form 854-R. This is the tower registration form required for each tower over 200 feet and puts into writing the coordinates to be reported to the FAA for tower-beacon light outage. The registration number on this form is required to be prominently displayed on or close to the tower, with large enough numerals to be read from the closest public access to the tower. In some cases, rented towers owned by non-broadcast entities and the tower owners were not aware of this requirement. Here's what Media Information Bureau featured columnist Ken Benner has to say about that faux pas.
Gavel

Unauthorized FM Translator Antenna Yields Proposed Fine

The Chief of the FCC Media Bureau's Audio Division has handed a sizable proposed fine to the licensee of a Louisiana FM translator which was found to have constructed and operated from an unauthorized antenna for approximately two months.

MPT Agrees To Consent Decree

The six noncommercial TV stations licensed to Maryland Public Broadcasting have entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC's Media Bureau to resolve an EEO investigation, which on Sept. 5 was formally terminated.