AT&T agrees to decree with the FCC
Customers of AT&T mobile who thought they had pay-go payment plans grandfathered were switched to monthly plans instead. As part of a consent decree...
FCC expected to address media ownership in November
The next FCC open meeting is on the books for 11/30/12, and it’s looking like it will finally take a vote on the latest...
Clyburn: Spectrum auctions moving forward
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn appeared on C-SPAN’s Communicator series. She is confident the FCC will be successful in getting its incentive auctions rolling in...
FTC settlement has Walgreens paying millions
Claims made about dietary supplements sold as a store brand by Walgreens have the pharmacy in hot water. The FTC says advertising that Wal-Born products...
Massachusetts legislators call for fair TV treatment
The upcoming incentive auctions threaten to disrupt local broadcast television, and it might profoundly disrupt stations near one of America’s international borders. Members of...
FCC program access NFPRM open for comment
The FCC wants to allow program access rules to sunset – a development that is very much opposed by legislators such as Ed Markey...
MMTC repeats call for multilingual EAS plan
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council remembers that when Hurricane Katrina hit, the area’s only Spanish-language radio station was silenced for over a week,...
New Hampshire Class A TV on the bubble for downgrade
There are advantages to being a Class A television rather than a straight LPTV, but along with the advantages come heightened responsibilities. Another Class...
Two Class A TVs busted to LPTV status
A pair of Vermont Class A television stations has failed to respond to several FCC requests for answers, and the result is the loss...
Media Institute kicks off Free Speech Week
Freedom of speech is a founding principle of the United States and a vital cornerstone to the media. NAB and NCTA are among the...
FTC offers reward for innovator who can stop robocalls
Just about everybody hates robocalls, and the FTC has taken a page out of the Old West, in essence putting up the modern equivalent...
FCC sweeps away pending analog TV cases
When the DTV transition took place in June 2009, there were still a handful of proceedings in the works in which applicants were seeking...
Copps asks NAB to counter vote suppression efforts
Former FCC Commissioner and current Common Cause member Michael Copps fired off a letter to NAB’s Gordon Smith, asking him to marshal the might...
Walden declared a near lock for NRCC job
Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-OR) is particularly qualified for that job, with radio group ownership occupying a prominent place on his resume. But...
FCC alters agenda for October Open Meeting
One of the items scheduled for the 10/17/12 FCC public meeting is gone, and another has been added. But the interest level for broadcasters...