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 2/14/14:
WBKP-TV, WBUP-TV dinged for children’s programming reports
Lake Superior Broadcasting Corp.’s WBKP (The CW) and WBUP (ABC) have been issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture based on a failure to file timely Children's Television Programming Reports for the two stations in the Calumet/Ishpeming/Marquette, Michigan market.
FCC Chair Wheeler addresses Communications Act, net neutrality
On 2/10, FCC Chief Tom Wheeler spoke at a telecommunications
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 2/7/14:
FCC slaps Steckline’s KGSO, KQAM
The Commission has issued two monetary forfeitures of $21K each to Steckline Communications for operating KQAM-AM and KGSO-AM Wichita, KS
Eshoo to seek top spot at Energy & Commerce Committee
The Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and
Committee wants budget, operations info from FCC
Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Oversight and Investigations wrote
FCC issues latest on CALM Act
Here is the latest quarterly FCC report on the status of the CALM Act. P. Michele Ellison, Chief, Enforcement Bureau, sent the update to Rep. Anna Eshoo, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee on Energy and Commerce, who introduced the legislation that aims to keep TV spots at an audio level on par with programming:
Commish O’Rielly wants ownership rules revisited
Michael O’Rielly, the FCC’s commissioner gave his first policy speech as a commissioner 1/27. O'Rielly, a Republican, warned his agency not to
New crop of LPFM CP apps granted
The deadline for the last window was 11/15/13. That window opened 10/15/13, and since some
FCC fines Birach Broadcasting $10K
It’s a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for failure to enclose the antenna structures for WTOR-AM 770 Youngstown/Buffalo, NY within
New budget bill details funding for FCC, BBG, CPB
The $1.012 trillion 2014 appropriations bill (H.R. 3547) passed by the Senate 1/16 details the numbers involved for funding the FCC, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
New LPFM applications getting approvals
The deadline for the last window was 11/15/13. That window opened 10/15/13, and since some 2,800 applications were filed. 1,900 were deemed
Highlights from Communications Act Update Hearing
The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), held its first hearing 1/15 focused on the committee’s plans
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