DCCC keying 2014 attack on Paul Ryan
The 2014 election cycle is already in progress. Wisconsin Rep. and recent VP candidate Paul Ryan (R-WI) has seen his budget pass the House...
Rockefeller sustains the media violence drumbeat
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has made it clear that a probe into the role of television content will be undertaken at...
Commissioner gets boost toward FCC chair
With the departure of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski now a sure thing, the cottage industry that turns out likely replacement rumors has shifted into...
FCC seats new diversity panel
The Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age has officially been rechartered and its members have been appointed. The purpose...
After genial send-offs, Genachowski receives a shove-off
Most of those who have commented on the imminent departure of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski have had the usual kind words, whether he was...
Senate panel set to examine rural communications
The Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the
Internet has slated a session on the state of rural communications next month. The panel is part...
FCC Commissioners bid farewell to departing Chairman
All four of departing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s colleagues at the Commission had kind words for him as he gets set to head out...
Washington sendoff for Robert McDowell
Although he isn’t even gone yet, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell’s announcement of his imminent departure got the Washington PR machine cranked up to 5th...
Radio stations about to lose licenses
A full power FM, three translators and an LPFM failed to get renewal applications into the FCC that were due 12/1/12, and now face...
McDowell exiting the FCC
The senior Republican member of the FCC will soon be its current newest member Ajit Pai as Robert McDowell is exiting shortly
Supreme Court won’t hear ivi TV appeal
Broadcasters contend that internet television services such as ivi are required to pay retransmission consent fees when passing along their signals, and had that...
FCC makes record long-jump TV city changes official
At first, the FCC considered PMCM TV’s proposal to move one television station from Jackson WY to Wilmington DE, and another from Ely NV...
Ninth Circuit finds for cable companies in carriage dispute
Herring Broadcasting, which just announced plans to challenge Fox News with a new conservative cable channel, will be hoping for better luck than it...
FCC pins down March Agenda
The next Open Meeting on the FCC calendar will proceed as advertised, and as such, holds only minor interest for members of the broadcast...
Cumulus fails to get translator case tossed
WKNG LLC owns 98.9 WWGA-FM Tallapoosa GA and claims Cumulus 98.9 translator W255CJ Atlanta is interfering with it. The matter is in dispute at...