House panel schedules TV hearing
The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology under Greg Walden has put a hearing on the schedule for next week, which will looks at...
FTC stops car dealers from making deceptive claims
Ads for vehicles on sale by a car dealer in Maryland and another in Ohio were found by the FTC to have deceptive pricing...
Looking ahead on Capitol Hill
There are always a few broadcast issues percolating away on Capitol Hill, and it would be of particular interest if Congress were to spend...
FTC joins with Nigeria to combat fraud
Fraudulent email offers do more than fill virtual mail boxes with spam – they damage consumer confidence in legitimate business ventures using email for...
Walden working over Congressional Democrats
As Chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee and as a former broadcaster, Greg Walden (R-OR) knows better than most the value of effective advertising....
Radio in play with eye on 2014 elections
Incumbent Republicans in the neighboring states of Tennessee and Kentucky are in store for primary challenges from the right, and in both states, radio...
Anatomy of an LPFM denial
Dillingham Christian Radio was on its way to getting an LPFM pursuant to the 2000 filing window when it was required to register its...
FTC busts scareware scammer
A company that used what amounted to an ad disguised as a warning of imminent danger to the victim’s mobile device has been stopped...
NAB counters ACA request for FCC standstill rule
American Cable Association leader Matt Polka sent a letter to Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn asking that the Commission take steps to prevent program...
Honig honored by NAACP
Communications diversity advocate David Honig is well-known in Washington as the leader of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Counsel. He is also provides legal...
Radio is key when disaster strikes
A task force looking at all aspects of the response to Hurricane Sandy noted that private sector development of reliable communications is something to...
NPR’s Knell on the way out
Gary E. Knell took over National Public Radio in the aftermath of the highly controversial Juan Williams firing and succeeded in reducing the organization’s...
UNM regents agree to underwriting decree
Underwriting announcements that ran on a quintet of FM stations licensed to the Regents of the University of New Mexico may or may not...
STELA hearing on tap for September
We don’t yet know the exact time or date, but we do know that House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) is planning to...
Journalists seek protected spectrum for wireless mics
Wireless microphones are an indispensable tool for those in the critical business of bringing up-to-the-minute news and information to the American public, and an...