RTDNF’s Great Eight Honors Muir, Others at D.C. Awards Dinner
The Radio Television Digital News Foundation last week honored journalism professionals dedicated to defending the First Amendment. There were seven nominees in all, and we have their names.
ACA Connects Postpones Summit Due To Coronavirus
In a purely precautionary move, the association representing small and independently owned MVPDs is postponing its annual summit in Washington, D.C., over coronavirus-fueled COVID-19 concerns. ACA Connects confirms the event will go ahead at a future date.
FCC Takes Precautionary Moves On COVID-19
The Commission has taken preventive steps to protect the health of its staff. It will continue to monitor developments and will implement additional precautions (or relax current precautions) should circumstances warrant. Travel of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is being evaluated in the long-term, with no changes presently being considered.
Media Bureau Announces Disclosure Deadline
The National Defense Authorization Act calls on all U.S.-based foreign media outlets to submit reports every six months to the FCC regarding their relations to their foreign principals. The due date for the fourth report is April 11. Count on Sputnik Radio to submit what it needs to for its programming in Kansas City and in Washington, D.C.
An FCC Inspector General Nomination Is Coming
Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi is the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the FCC. On March 11, he will hold a nomination hearing that will consider individuals for posts at the Department of Transportation, Commerce Department and the Commission. Who is the person President Trump thinks should have a Commission post?
Benner on Washington: ‘Fear Not the FCC Inspectors’
From Day One in 1995, Ken Benner believed it was essential to document all of the items involved with conducting "mock" broadcast inspections. There are two very important reasons for this. "First was to protect myself from efforts to discredit my performance," Benner says. "The second was to evaluate suggested improvements to the program I offered."
New York Festivals To Honor National Press Club
New York Festivals will honor the National Press Club with its Lifetime Achievement Award on Tuesday, April 21 at the inaugural NYF Storytellers gala. It is set to take place at the 2020 NAB Show in Las Vegas, which remains on schedule.
The Media Bubble Of Political News
About one-fifth of Americans in each party (20% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents and 18% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents) get political and election news in a given week only from outlets whose audiences align with them politically. That's according to a new analysis of data from Pew Research Center's Election News Pathways project.
A ‘Star’ Fine Is Affirmed By FCC Media Bureau
In May 2019, a major player in the Raleigh-Durham market acquired an FM translator covering much of Raleigh. By June, it began simulcasting a Class D AM, but then suddenly shifted to a different originating station. The FCC responded with a Notice of Apparent Liability for failing to tell the Commission the translator changed its primary station. Now, a final decision has been made.
After Thirty Years, FCC Veteran Takes WBK Partner Seat
Wilkinson Barker Knauer has a new partner in its Washington, D.C., office, and it is an individual who has spent nearly three decades at the FCC, most recently having served as Deputy Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
FCC Gives Unanimous OK To TV White Spaces Plan
The FCC on Friday approved a proposal that brings forth targeted changes to its "White Space" device rules — a move the agency believes will pave the way for greatly improved broadband coverage for rural Americans. The Commission also wants input on methods it could use to allow higher power operation by White Space devices when adjacent TV channels are occupied.
Pai and Smith: A Las Vegas Act At NAB Show
What the Chairman say to the former Senator? It's not a joke, with no punchline necessary. The Chairman of the FCC Chairman and the National Association of Broadcasters' President/CEO — former Oregon Senator Gordon Smith — will participate in a 2020 NAB Show keynote conversation at 9am Pacific on Monday, April 20.
O’Rielly Speaks On NEXTGEN TV, and More, At APTS Summit
"All kidding aside, it might seem a bit unusual to hear from a self-admitted conservative Republican on your issues," FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly said toward the beginning of an address delivered Tuesday morning at America's Public Television Stations' 2020 Public Media Summit. We've got all of the details on what O'Rielly told attendees.
Introducing a House Group Just For Broadcast Media
While the retiring Greg Walden may today be radio's best friend in D.C. politics, thanks to his former ownership of Hood River, Ore., stations, a Minnesota Republican -- teaming with a Pennsylvania Democrat -- has just made a major move that positions him as perhaps the new leading buddy for radio and TV on Capitol Hill.
Benner on Washington: Recalling The ‘Greenmail Scam’
Long before Media Information Bureau featured columnist Ken Benner got involved with the ABIP programs, he used his time off from his full-time job to visit radio stations in the Upper Midwest to conduct the then-FCC required annual proof of performance measurements. It was during these tours that Benner first learned of how some FCC regulations, in his view, were distorted for "extortion." Yikes!