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
Pacifica issued NAL for KPFK-FM LA
Peter Doyle, Chief, Audio Division at the Media Bureau, has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability in the amount
FCC Chairman Wheeler names senior staff
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced the appointment of Tim Brennan as Chief Economist for the agency
WYOW-TV admonished: Blame The CW
Barbara Kreisman, Chief, Video Division of the Media Bureau has issued an admonishment to WYOW-TV
Litany of licenses: granted and dismissed
Here’s a list of the FCC’s latest licenses and Construction permits—granted and dismissed—for TV, AM and FM. This list is current as of 1/2/14
Commission fines WLSW-FM $7,500
The station’s calls bear his initials: L. Stanley Wall, owner of the Classic Hits metro Pittsburgh area FM (Scottdale, PA) has been fined $7,500 in a forfeiture order
Mission Broadcasting gets NAL for KTVE
Barbara Kreisman Chief, Video Division at the Media Bureau has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture
The Carlyle Group taps former FCC Chair Genachowski
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has named
Litany of licenses: granted and dismissed
Here’s a list of the FCC’s latest licenses and Construction permits—granted and dismissed—for TV, AM and FM. This list is current as of 12/23/13:
Four more co-sponsors for Local Radio Freedom Act
A bipartisan group of four Members of the House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors
WTMR-AM gets EAS violation notice
The Beasley Broadcast Group Religious station in Camden, NJ (WTMR License Limited Partnership) got a Notice of Violation for not