Senator unloads about FCC nominee hold
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is allowing a vote on the FCC nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai to proceed, at long last. The...
House panel forms special spectrum working group
House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) want to make sure America is making the most effective use...
FCC lightens its open meeting load
The FCC agenda for its April Open Meeting has been available for public perusal for some time. But now comes word that at least...
Rockefeller echoes call for FCC nominee vote
The FCC has released more documents on the LightSquared affair – some 13,000 according to a Hillicon Valley report – and Senate Commerce Committee...
Online filing: Senators refuse to enter 21st Century
One of the hottest broadcast topics in Washington these days has been posting information about political television advertising online. Opinions vary on the manner...
CWA asks FCC to stop clock on Verizon spectrum buy
Communications Workers of America says that there is already ample evidence that the deal under which Verizon will acquire spectrum from a consortium of...
Report suggests Republican tiring of Grassley FCC blockade
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has been battling the FCC over its dealings in a proceeding involving LightSquared, and has been expressing his displeasure with...
Witnesses named for Senate TV hearing
We knew that the Senate Commerce Committee was planning to look into the future of television, and now we know who the witnesses will...
Senate Commerce tees up future of video hearing
It has come to the attention of Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) that America’s video viewing habits are in flux and that more and more...
Watchdog cites inappropriate House panel transparency
The Sunlight Foundation believes that Congress should operate in the bright light of the day, and that it should live up to its own...
FTC cracks down on Green Millionaire
A company that used television and internet advertising to lure unsuspecting consumers into buying an unwanted magazine subscription has settled with the FCC in...
FCC awards media study contract
The University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communications has earned the right task of preparing a review of literature concerning the information needs...
FCC commissioner signals approval for online files
In a speech Catholic University’s 2012 Telecommunications Symposium, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn mentioned the upcoming agenda plank concerning posting broadcast television public files online....
FCC issues guidance on translator applications
The Local Community Radio Act has as its primary aim the expansion of the low power FM service. But it also seeks to create...
Two stations nailed for file violations
KBMQ-FM Monroe LA and WWNQ-FM Forest Acres SC (in the Columbia SC Arbitron market) both admitted to having deficiencies in their public files. And...