Diversity Call, In Unison: Minority Tax Certificate Works
Without the tools needed to foment multicultural owners, "we may not have an opportunity to learn, to lead, and to own," warns the VP/GM of an Urban radio station in the nation's No. 1 revenue market. The comments came at the FCC Media Bureau symposium on current and future trends in broadcast media.
Why KTAZ is Facing a Fine
NBC Telemundo License LLC is facing a fine for an incomplete public file.
Auction 99 Window Opens For FM Translator Filings
It's 64 degrees and sunny in Gaithersburg, Md., and spring is getting ever closer. So, it seems like a good day to announce a window opening. Only, this one is for the filing of FM translator new station Construction Permit applications for some 165 "Tech Box" proposals.
Point-counterpoint on the Nipplegate decision
Another incident where PTC has awarded itself the honor of speaking for the American people. Nonsense!! PTC does not speak for the parents at RBR-TVBR. What we can tell, the average parent, far from being outraged
Genachowski, McDowell on the hotseat today
The Senate Commerce Committee has booked to guests for its 2:30 PM session – aspiring FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and returning veteran rank and...
Wicker & Co. Plan Section 230 Hearing With Tech CEOs
Does Section 230’s "sweeping immunity enable Big Tech bad behavior?" The Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee wants the answer. And, he's asking the question to the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google parent Alphabet Inc. at a hearing scheduled for Oct. 28.
House panel gets back onto broadband
Rick Boucher isn’t done with his ongoing examination of the National Broadband Plan, and has put yet another hearing on that topic onto the...
FCC pins down March Agenda
The next Open Meeting on the FCC calendar will proceed as advertised, and as such, holds only minor interest for members of the broadcast...
Beasley Head, Comcast Counsel Take Key ACDDE Roles
It's official: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed several members to serve on the 2019 Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment. Among those taking some of the biggest roles is the head of Beasley, and the VP/Counsel for Global Public Policy at Comcast.
Litany of licenses: granted and dismissed
Here’s a list of the FCC’s latest licenses, construction permits and transfers of control—granted and dismissed—for TV, AM and FM. This list is current as of 6/13/14:
Wardrobe malfunction could be going all – the – way
All the way to the Supreme Court, that is, if the FCC gets its way. CBS defeated a $550K FCC fine for Janet Jackson’s...
How Pirates Will Walk FCC’s New Plank
FCC issues new, more complete, anti-pirate enforcement plan.
Corporate Leadership Award Recipient Revealed by NABLF
The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation (NABLF) will honor one of the biggest advertisers on broadcast media in recent years with the 2022 Corporate Leadership Award during the 2022 Celebration of Service to America Awards.
ATVA Seeks FCC Reconsideration Of Three Next-Gen TV Concerns
The American Television Alliance (ATVA) has filed a Petition with the FCC that seeks reconsideration of three aspects of an order authorizing the permissive use of the next generation broadcast TV standard known as ATSC 3.0. It seeks separate negotiations, no flash-cut transitions for LPTVs, and full disclosure should a station "degrade their signals without warning viewers and MVPDs beforehand." We've got an RBR+TVBR Observation on the matter, so fasten your seat belts, MVPDs.
Univision Seeks FCC Declaratory Ruling On Foreign Ownership
A comment and reply comment period will soon open as part of a Media Bureau petition for declaratory ruling filed by the nation's leading media company targeting Hispanic consumers. The move means the public can weigh in on whether or not Univision Communications may raise its foreign ownership component beyond the 25% benchmark to a full 100%.