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 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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...