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The Wednesday morning announcement that Jessica Rosenworcel wishes to undo Ajit Pai's decision to erase a Tom Wheeler-era FCC decision to place Title II classification on broadband — "net neutrality," in everyday parlance — was slammed by the senior Republican on the FCC.

The proposed $75 million sale of WADL-38 in Detroit has yet to win Commission approval, nearly 10 months after an asset sale agreement was signed. That's led the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition to press FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel for answers.

Despite fierce opposition to the proposal, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in late January moved ahead with a plan that would allow GeoBroadcast Solutions to implement its "ZoneCasting" technology through FM booster program origination. On Friday, she paid a visit to one station seeking the agency's OK on the plan.

The Chairwoman of the FCC has chosen who will succeed Deena Shetler, who has formally departed the Commission. The role, Jessica Rosenworcel revealed, has worked in various roles at the FCC since 1999.

While heavy on 5G and broadband issues, a year-in-review note from FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel did highlight two initiatives impacting television and radio broadcasters, respectively. As she explained, "We want spectrum policies that nurture a vibrant broadcasting sector."

The just-passed 2018 Quadrennial Review leaves nearly every radio rule intact while tightening up a TV rule involving "top four" stations in a market. Sharing her thoughts on why no rule "modernization," as predecessor Ajit Pai put it during his term, is transpiring is Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. 

At the Federal Communication Bar Association annual dinner, held Thursday night at the Marriott Marquis, Jessica Rosenworcel put on quite the show — and Republican Commissioner Brendan Carr acquiesced in the roasting and revelry. 

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wants the Commission to tackle what she is calling billing practices by cable operators and direct broadcast satellite service providers DirectTV and Dish that are unfair to consumers.

As she sees it, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has brought forward a pair of proposals that "would further the FCC’s strategic goal to empower consumers in the media marketplace." While the NAB and broadcast television companies may be cheering, pro-MVPD groups could quickly cry foul.

It didn't take long for the senior Republican on the FCC to offer a public comment on a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking being circulated among the Commissioners from Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel that would restore Title II broadband classification. He's dead-set against the idea. But, is the GOP unable to stop it?

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Tuesday formally announced a plan to bring back "Net Neutrality" at a National Press Club event in Washington, D.C. This InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, offers comments directly from Rosenworcel on the proposal, and how detractors may wish to think twice while offering peaceful protest.  LISTEN HERE

The reclassification of broadband under Title II, which opponents have been bracing for over a nearly three-year period in which Democrats lacked a third vote necessary to make the rulemaking come alive, would bring back a Wheeler Commission decision that was erased under the FCC of Ajit Pai.

The Chairwoman of the FCC on Tuesday personally thanked the Members of the Senate Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee for its decision to provide full funding for the Commission in FY 2024. "The work of the Commission matters," Jessica Rosenworcel noted as she noted particular achievements she's proud of — including the "PIRATE Act."

It took just minutes after it became clear that Anna Gomez had the necessary votes to win confirmation by the U.S. Senate of her appointment by the Biden Administration as a FCC Commissioner for the words of praise to arise from lobbying groups that will actively be working with her and her future staff. Also chiming in with positive comments: the Chairwoman of the FCC herself.

The FCC council charged with providing recommendations to ensure that underserved communities "are not denied the wide range of opportunities made possible by next-generation networks without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or disability" will be active for another two years.