Wheeler tones down FCC “News Police” study
The proposed FCC study of how media organizations gather news has incited a powerful backlash from
The latest on WEYW’s FCC must carry complaint
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.
Commish O’Rielly sounds off on TV JSAs, SSAs
Here’s a blog post Commissioner Michael O'Rielly regarding his thoughts on JSAs and shared services agreements (SSAs) and the need for the FCC to move forward on its review of media ownership rules:
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.