NJ senator drags WWOR-TV into ownership proceeding
Sen. Frank Lautenberg says when it comes to television, his state is the poster child for lack of localism – with no DMA to...
Flow of congressional objections to dereg to FCC continues
44 members of the House of Representatives have joined with the chairs of three caucuses – the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus...
Republicans issue memo on incentive auction hearing
The House Subcommittee on Communications will be hosting all five FCC commissioners Wednesday 12/12/12 to see how things are cooking in the television incentive...
Key Republican subcommittee members named
If your station is in the district served by one of the members serving on the House Communications Subcommittee with Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR),...
FCC releases final December agenda
The five FCC commissioners will consider five items during the course of their final open meeting of 2012, but for broadcasters, it will be...
Copps: FCC about to strike out on dereg
Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps believes that the reported plan of the FCC to relax cross-ownership rules before fixing the problem with license ownership...
Clyburn says new ownership regs on hold until 2013
The Senate Commerce Committee considered the renomination of FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, and during the course of questioning, Clyburn confirmed that the FCC’s ownership...
Further senatorial objections to any ownership dereg
Nine members of the United States Senate have collaborated on a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski objecting to easing cross-ownership restrictions, particularly given...
Reps, Commissioners weigh in on LPFM, FM translators
Two US representatives and all five FCC commissioners spoke up on the FCC’s Open Meeting consideration of LPFM and FM translators as directed by...
FCC grants more time for auction comments
The NPRM on incentive auctions of television spectrum was released 10/2/12 and carried a comment deadline of 12/21/12. NAB and CTIA asked for more...
IRFA hearing testimony summarized
Six witnesses expressed their views of the Internet Radio Fairness Act before the House Judiciary Subcomittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, with...
Auctions, receivers on Subcommittee agenda
Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden has put hearings on the calendar to discuss the upcoming incentive auctions of spectrum in the television space and...
Mignon Clyburn up for reupping
Democratic FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has been nominated to a second term on the Commission, and her Senate confirmation hearing has now been put...
FCC announces December agenda
We haven’t even had the November FCC Open Meeting yet and the FCC has released the planks that will be part of the December...
ACA presses FCC on collusory retransmission negotiation
The American Cable Association members of the FCC’s Media Bureau and an advisor to Commissioner Robert McDowell seeking to limit the ability of stations...