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Barbara Kreisman Chief, Video Division at the Media Bureau has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has named

Here’s a list of the FCC’s latest licenses and Construction permits—granted and dismissed—for TV, AM and FM. This list is current as of 12/23/13:

A bipartisan group of four Members of the House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors

The Beasley Broadcast Group Religious station in Camden, NJ (WTMR License Limited Partnership) got a Notice of Violation for not

Here’s a list of the FCC’s latest licenses and Construction permits—granted and dismissed—for TV, AM and FM. This list is current as of 12/20/13:

In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking the Commission says it proposes to eliminate

The FCC has withdrawn a proposal to relax the ban on owning multiple media outlets in the same market. More than a year ago,...

And there are quite a few: Via a Public Notice, the Media Bureau has identified by group all of the mutually exclusive (MX) applications filed in the recent LPFM window. Effective 12/16, applicants may also electronically file certain amendments using the Commission’s Consolidated Database System (CDBS). The Bureau says it will provide expedited processing for all amendments, settlement requests and time-share agreements filed during the next 60 days to resolve technical conflicts. Here is how the filings are organized and processed:

Media Services Group Managing Director George Reed filed a Petition for Partial Reconsideration for WHNR-AM (Regional Mexican) Cypress Gardens

By a vote of 57-41 12/10, senators confirmed the Democrat from North Carolina to lead the

Here’s Senator John D. Rockefeller IV’s (Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee) opening statement from the “Crafting a Successful Incentive Auction: Stakeholders’ Perspectives” hearing 12/10. While he noted that a successful incentive auction will mean more robust wireless networks both for voice and data in rural and urban areas around the country, he also said it should minimize disruptions and expense to those broadcasters who choose to remain in the business:

Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced

Here’s a copy of the written testimony of NAB Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning Rick Kaplan for the Senate Commerce Committee hearing (12/10), "Crafting a Successful Incentive Auction: Stakeholders' Perspectives". Kaplan points out the impact of repack on the viewers—and their ability to receive OTA TV. In the post-auction repacking, it is likely that many more stations will be repacked – perhaps in excess of 500:

Barbara Kreisman, FCC Chief, Video Division Media Bureau, has flagged 3 LMAs cropping up