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The Commission notified Boonville Broadcasting’s Adult Hits WEJK-FM Boonville/Evansville, IN of its Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $4,000 for failure to conduct a contest substantially as announced, including undue delay in concluding the contest and more. Said Theresa Cavanaugh, Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division Enforcement:

Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise is the GOP standard-bearer in the House for vigorous reform to the nation’s

So far this year, there have been over 1,050 CPs granted for new LPFM stations, but this week 14 previously granted LPFM CP applications were pulled in Southern states for reasons including

On 3/11, The House of Representatives approved H.R. 3675, the FCC Process Reform Act, by

Here’s a new one under the header of “It’s worth a try”: The FCC has rejected North County Broadcasting’s petition for reconsideration of a $4,800 fine for EAS violations at Business Talk KFSD-AM Escondido/San Diego. North County appealed, saying that the fine could not be enforced because it is a small entity and the Commission has never complied with its obligation under the

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 3/7/14:

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

Shortly after NABOB Executive Director Jim Winston proposed a potential policy shift in an ex parte filing with the FCC that might help the state of African American commercial television station ownership via JSAs and JSAs, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai met with WLOO-TV (My TV network) in Jackson, MS. He sang the praises of how a JSA with American Spirit Media’s WDBD-TV (Fox) has worked well for the station. Said Pai:

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced his intent to appoint Travis LeBlanc as acting

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn defended the controversial "Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs" (CIN) newsroom study in a speech at the Media Institute 2/26. The proposed FCC study of how media organizations gather news incited a powerful backlash from both liberal and conservative media and pundits, who said that it could be part of an official effort to intimidate or second-guess journalists.

Peter Doyle Chief, Audio Division Media Bureau, has denied a 10/21/13 Petition for Reconsideration jointly filed by Whitley Media (Media Services Group broker Bill Whitley) and North Texas Radio Group seeking reconsideration of a 9/19/13, staff decision dismissing an application which sought approval for a proposed assignment of license for KTDK-FM 104.1, Sanger, TX (Dallas-Fort Worth) from Susquehanna Radio, a subsidiary of Cumulus Media, to Whitley.

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 2/24/14:

The proposed FCC study of how media organizations gather news has incited a powerful backlash from

The fight goes for reconsideration of the FCC’s 12/16/13 ruling denying must carry for WEYW-LP Key West, FL. Rick Bellizzi, CEO of Bellizzi Broadcasting sent a filing for reconsideration in on 1/15. Now there has been another filing, a previous lawsuit surfacing from another local broadcaster vs. Comcast and another filing from another LP in Key West, supporting Bellizzi. Bellizzi shared them with RBR-TVBR.