Watchdogs

Watchdogs assail FCC on diversity

Free Press and the National Hispanic Media Coalition say that a recent FCC release on the level of minority and female broadcast ownership is...
FCC

FCC ownership proceeding on circulation

The quadrennial review did not make the cut for the November 30 FCC Open Meeting, but it is now being circulated among the commissioners...
Greg Walden

Walden gets NRCC, stays at Communications

The new chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee is Greg Walden (R-OR), who has been considered a shoo-in candidate for some time now....

Another Class A TV demoted

A Class A television station in Burlington VT is the latest to be busted to mere LPTV status, and like many before it, the...

FCC rakes in treasure from apprehended Florida pirates

Florida is one of America’s hotbeds of pirated FM radio spectrum, and now four members of the buccaneer contingent, representing three unauthorized stations, have...

Genachowski could be eyeing FCC exit sign

The election is over, and the current administration will be around for another four years. But while that means there will not be a...
People watching TV

NAB joins suit against FCC on TV viewability

Agape Church, London Broadcasting, Una Vez Mas and the NAB have challenged the FCC’s revision of the DTV transition rule requiring MVPDs to make...
AT&T

AT&T agrees to decree with the FCC

Customers of AT&T mobile who thought they had pay-go payment plans grandfathered were switched to monthly plans instead. As part of a consent decree...
FCC

FCC expected to address media ownership in November

The next FCC open meeting is on the books for 11/30/12, and it’s looking like it will finally take a vote on the latest...
Mignon Clyburn

Clyburn: Spectrum auctions moving forward

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn appeared on C-SPAN’s Communicator series. She is confident the FCC will be successful in getting its incentive auctions rolling in...

FTC settlement has Walgreens paying millions

Claims made about dietary supplements sold as a store brand by Walgreens have the pharmacy in hot water. The FTC says advertising that Wal-Born products...
Ed Markey

Massachusetts legislators call for fair TV treatment

The upcoming incentive auctions threaten to disrupt local broadcast television, and it might profoundly disrupt stations near one of America’s international borders. Members of...
FCC

FCC program access NFPRM open for comment

The FCC wants to allow program access rules to sunset – a development that is very much opposed by legislators such as Ed Markey...
David Honig

MMTC repeats call for multilingual EAS plan

The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council remembers that when Hurricane Katrina hit, the area’s only Spanish-language radio station was silenced for over a week,...

New Hampshire Class A TV on the bubble for downgrade

There are advantages to being a Class A television rather than a straight LPTV, but along with the advantages come heightened responsibilities. Another Class...