FCC agenda for May is another non-event
That’s from a broadcast perspective – others may well be interested in what’s on the agenda, but radio and television professionals will find nothing...
EAS: FCC waves off waiver request
The deadline to install new EAS equipment was extended several times, but when the final day came, 15 separate entities had filed for temporary...
Senator questions Wheeler nomination
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is calling into question the nomination of Tom Wheeler as the next chair of the FCC. Sanders said the chairman’s...
Ed Markey wins senate primary
It was an easy win for Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) in the race to get the democratic nod to fill the seat once occupied...
Obama pressed on about minority broadcast ownership
A coalition of organizations have sent a letter to President Barack Obama regarding the possibility of forwarding the cause of minority and female communications...
File violation leads to consent decree
It isn’t every day that a company regulated by the FCC has a public file that is in perfect order but nonetheless manages to...
Women’s organization presses for diversity-oriented FCC
The Alliance for Women in Media has sent a letter to the White House echoing the sentiments of a number of other public interest...
Senators introduce new ad sponsor disclosure bill
Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have teamed up to introduce the “Follow the Money Act of 2013,” which will hold independent political...
Wireless hearing witnesses set
The Senate Communications Subcommittee is looking at the state of the wireless communications universe, and we now know who the witnesses are going to...
LPTV station loses carriage case
WOCB-CD Marion OH, owned by Central Ohio Association of Christian Broadcasters, wants carriage on one Time Warner Cable system affirmed and initiated on another....
FCC’s ungrounded May meeting
Broadcasters will get another month off when the FCC commissioners convene their May open meeting – in fact, all terrestrial communications applications will be...
Panel set to look at the state of wireless
The Senate Communications Subcommittee has scheduled an overview of the wireless industry for next week. The panel is chaired by Mark Pryor (D-AR) with...
Sanford campaign woes will cost Charleston media
The marital problems of former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford (R) made national news; and now, a lawsuit filed by his former wife over his alleged failure to abide by divorce terms has the Republican national campaign organization dropping any plans to participate in his congressional campaign.
Video violence bill might tag on to gun bill
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is the sponsor of the Violent Content Research Amendment of 2013, which would initiated a study of how violent content on...
NAB supports foreign broadcast investment increase
The Coalition for Broadcast Investment believes that allowing greater access to foreign capital will make it easier for women and minorities to finance deals...