Fleeting expletives on SCOTUS agenda
It may be a good thing that the Supreme Court is still free from the tools of the electronic media trade, since Federal Communications...
CPB Awards America Amplified Initiative Ahead of 2024 Elections
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded Indianapolis-based WFYI Public Media a $1.5 million grant for America Amplified, a public media journalism initiative that focuses on listening to communities in the reporting process.
FCC’s CG Office Sees Gossett Rise To Chief
The individual who has been serving as Deputy General Counsel for Litigation in the FCC's Office of General Counsel has just been promoted to Chief of Staff. At the same time, the Deputy General Counsel for Administrative Law is filling the Litigation Post.
Strachan To Lead FCC’s Legislative Affairs Office
An attorney in the FCC's Office of Legislative Affairs since joining the Commission in 2008 has been promoted to serve as its director. This individual is also well-known among Maryland Terps fans and was named the 1999 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine.
SCOTUS puts brakes on anti-Clinton flick
Citizens United must continue its battle to advertise "Hillary: The Movie" in lower courts, say the Supremes. That lets stand a unanimous prior decision...
Public File Flaws Punish TV Noncomm
A consent decree allows the FCC to move ahead with a TV station's license renewal, once it pays $2,000 to the U.S. Treasury
Three New Kauai FMs Are Sought. Two Present Potential Problems
The Hawaiian Island of Kauai could see the arrival of no less than three new FM radio stations, bringing a sixth local service to Lihue while establishing the first local service in the communities of Koloa and Puhi, respectively. However, two of the proposals are potentially problematic.
New Dashboard, Other Upgrades Come To FCC Website
The FCC on Monday flipped the switch on an online dashboard designed to provide the public with more information on the agency’s work. Now available at FCC.gov, the resource aims to give consumers better access to reports and graphics on FCC workloads, pending actions, and other accountability matrices—and more easily access Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) materials.
FCC Reverse Auction Breezes Into Stage 2
Stage 2 opened yesterday after $23.11 billion was raised in Stage 1 of the Forward Auction
FCC Updates ‘CORES’ With Correct Radio Fee Computation Data
The Commission's "CORES" database has been updated with revised AM and FM radio station fee codes and amounts for fiscal year 2024. This ends the short hold on submissions due to miscalculation errors that were arise from some.
How NAB’s Radio Podcasts Could Help You
NAB has launched podcasts devoted to radio issues for members.
FCC set to tee up TV/cable issues
At next week's 9/11/07 open meeting of the FCC, the commissioners will consider items on mandatory carriage of digital broadcast television signals after the...
Tate surfaces at MMTC
Former FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate is one of two new board members at the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, where she is expected...
NAB fights Fairness Doctrine
The House of Representatives has put attempts to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine on ice for at least a year, and the Senate is about...
T-Mobile Steps Up To Fund Noncomm Translator Repack
PBS and America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) are getting financial assistance during the post-incentive auction repack period to translator stations that extend public television signals into hard-to-reach rural areas. No, it's not coming from ongoing pledge drives at many of the nation's noncommercial classical music stations.