Reps on board with Local Radio Freedom Act
Mike Conaway (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) are the driving forces behind LRFA, a bill that would oppose any attempt to in any way...
NAB: Encourage diversity, but keep filing manageable
The arduous tale of ongoing efforts to increase the number of minority and female broadcast owners has been front and center at the FCC...
Lautenberg serving his last term in Senate
According to a report in the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) will not seek re-election in 2014 – good news for Newark...
FCC February meeting will be snoozable as advertised
We’re sure the agenda that will be considered by the five FCC commissioners on 2/20/13 will not be a snorefest for everybody – but...
Senate Commerce names subcommittee leaders
The subcommittee of interest to broadcasters, of course, is the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, & The Internet. Both leaders from the last Congress –...
NAB argues against satellite distant signal importation
The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act and its predecessors was put in place to make sure satellite MVPDs can provide broadcast network programming...
Republicans gearing up for intramural 2014 competition
Karl Rove announced earlier that his American Crossroads would be forming a new unit designed to promote electable Republican candidates for the 2014 season....
Judiciary gun violence hearing witnesses announced
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to hold its second hearing on firearms in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy – and the...
Senate Commerce set to set subcommittees
It is with great interest that RBR-TVBR goes to the Senate Commerce Committee website each day looking for the identities of the new leaders...
Eshoo drums up support for Sunshine Act
House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and a posse of bipartisan bicameral collaborators are trying to get the FCC Collaboration Act enacted...
FCC sunshine bill back for another try
Every commissioner and just about every legislator we’ve heard is in favor of legislation that would allow FCC commissioners broader ability to communicate with...
Lautenberg applauds broadcast efforts during Hurricane Sandy
At the FCC’s field hearing on Hurricane Sandy’s effects on local communications systems, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) hailed broadcasters’ heroic efforts to keep citizens...
House panel details communications oversight plans
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will be continuing to work on the incentive auction of television spectrum and efforts to change the way...
FTC Chair Leibowitz heading for the exit
Jon Leibowitz is exiting the Federal Trade Commission 2/15/13, ending a tour of duty that began as Commissioner September 2004 and as Chairman March...
FCC plans uneventful February Open Meeting
It’s not that there is a lack of broadcast-related activity at the FCC at the moment, it’s that they do not seem to make...