Greg Walden

Walden, Latta “dismayed by dysfunctional FCC process”

House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Vice Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) expressed dismay with
FCC

FCC Enforcement Bureau adds prosecutor to leadership team

Katherine Winfree has joined the Bureau as Chief of Staff. She previously served as the Chief Deputy Attorney General for the State of Maryland—the second highest law enforcement officer in the state.
Michael O'Rielly

Most definitely: Terminate dormant proceedings

Last week, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) released a Public Notice seeking
FCC

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 6/27/14:
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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 6/13/14:
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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 6/2/14:
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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 5/19/14:
FCC

Court approves Commission’s plan to subsidize rural broadband service

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver upheld
FCC

FCC sets agenda for June open meeting

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that the following items will be on the tentative agenda for the next open meeting
FCC

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
Al Franken

Franken seeks input from CCIA on Comcast merger

The House Judiciary Committee has stacked its 5/8 hearing list with potential opponents to Comcast's Time Warner Cable acquisition
FCC

FCC issues retransmission guide reflecting new rules

Here is an amendment of the Commission’s Rules Related to Retransmission Consent
Pile of Money

WPHA-CD Philadelphia fined $89K

It’s a pretty quick way to put a broadcaster out of business, but the FCC says the case involves a “television broadcast station licensee’s repeated and egregious disregard for several Commission rules, most significant of which was its refusal, on two separate occasions, to comply with its obligation to allow FCC agents to inspect its facilities.”
FCC

FCC may make 150 MHz of spectrum available for broadband

The Commission on 4/3 took steps to provide more spectrum for general consumer use, carrier-grade small cell deployments, fixed wireless
FCC

Three indicted for defrauding the FCC of $32 million

Three individuals have been indicted for their alleged roles in an approximately $32 million fraud