NAB’s Smith urges passage of new FEMA bill
The Federal Emergency Management Reauthorization Act of 2011 is on the table, and NAB President/CEO has written to key House members in support, due...
Illinois Senators call for auction dialogue
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) do not want the FCC to simply come up with rules for spectrum auctions in the...
Houses panel puts FCC on the hot seat
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spent the first half of the year chasing the FCC over the LightSquared proceeding – and now, in the true...
NAB serving up Pai at Dallas confab
The NAB 2012 Radio Show is on the agenda next week, and just added to the schedule is a session with the newest FCC...
FOIA request regarding VNRs turned down by FCC
The Center for Media and Democracy wants to see documents on the FCC’s investigation into possible improper use by television broadcasters of video news...
FCC reaffirms five-year-old noncom deal
When Trinity International Foundation sold WMCU-FM (now WKCP-FM) to American Public Media back in the fall of 2007, fans of the then-religious noncom were...
House hearing on federal spectrum on tap
The House Communications Subcommittee will look at the prospects of repurposing spectrum currently in the hands of the government to help spur the expansion...
Genachowski holds forth on TV spectrum auction
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is pleased that his colleagues have a detailed document on spectrum auctions in their hands for consideration prior to a...
Incentive auctions on the tentative FCC September agenda
After word got out that the FCC commissioners were looking at an NPRM on incentive auctions designed to repurpose television spectrum for mobile broadband,...
FTC issues ad guidelines for mobile app developers
The Federal Trade Commission spent more time discussing privacy issues that mobile application developers need to be aware of – but it also reminded...
Eshoo defends CALM Act before FCC
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association has petitioned the FCC to exempt promotional announcements from the new volume requirements imposed by the CALM Act,...
Ft. Wayne noncom nailed of public file violation
Classical WBNI-FM Roanoke IN made a classic mistake – it failed to keep its issues/programs lists up to date, and was forced to report...
No ducking fine for four years of tardiness
WKLC-FM St. Albans WV suffered the destruction of its tower site back in 2004, but was able to procure a CP to get back...
FCC to review spectrum/competition issues
With the auction of airwaves in the television band in the works in the effort to increase the availability of wireless broadband to American...
More signs point to new post for Walden
Greg Walden (R-OR) is Chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee, but according to an Oregon newspaper, there may be an even more prestigious House...