A child’s garden of TV rules violations
The requirements placed on broadcast television licensees to serve the needs of local children are tripping up some stations – and since most of...
Stakeholders prod FCC for “down from 51” plan
It should tell you something that the industries that are expected to sell and buy spectrum when the incentive auctions take place agree on...
Wheeler spinning media stocks
FCC chair nominee Tom Wheeler has a strong background in communications, and now he has a strong communications stock portfolio. But he has promised...
SEC thinking about political disclosure
Disclosure of the people and organizations behind political advertising is the turf of the Federal Election Commission, or so you
McDowell announces post-FCC plans
It turns out that both of the departing FCC officials – Julius Genachowski and Robert McDowell – are being institutionalized. Genachowski is
McCain makes his case for a la carte
Senator John McCain returned to his old haunts in the Senate Commerce Committee hearing room to make the case for his Television Consumer Freedom...
Look at the future of vehicles on tap in Senate
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-VA) has put a hearing on the Commerce Committee schedule involving innovations and developments
All-star lineup for video hearing
The Senate Communications Subcommittee, under the gavel of Mark Pryor (D-AR), is scheduled to take a look at the state of the video marketplace...
Rockefeller will work with new FCC chair
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) did not get his first choice for the position of Chair of the FCC, but he said...
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...