Grassley not budging on FCC nominees
It was thought that access provided to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to FCC documents regarding the
Watchdog notes contributions to FCC reform sponsors
MapLight, an unaffiliated nonprofit organization that tries to connect the dots between money and politics studied the relationship between sponsors of HR 3309, the...
Licensee off the hook for $10K in FCC fines
An AM-FM combo in Greenville PA was found to have committed several violations to the FCC rules, and racked up a total of $18K...
Further farewells for MAP
Two organizations have come forth to say their good-byes to media legal advocacy Media Access Project. The National Hispanic Media Coalition worked with MAP...
Media Access Project shutting down
MAP was more than just a media watchdog – it was a public interest law firm that went to court to fight for the...
NAB announces election winners
The votes have been counted and the results are now available: New members will be joining the National Association of Broadcasters’ Radio Board and...
FCC wants a definition for MVPD and channel
A battle over program access between Sky Angel US and Discovery Communications over carriage of the latter’s Animal Planet basic cable offering has the...
Michael Copps gets his watchdog tags
Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps gained a measure of fame in communications circles when he used his position to wage a relentless campaign against...
House approves FCC reform bill
H.R. 3309 has cleared one legislative hurdle – it carried on the floor of the full House of Representatives by a largely partisan vote...
Latino watchdog faults FCC on hiring
One of the long-standing goals of the FCC is to increase ethnic and gender diversity among the licensees it regulates, but National Hispanic Media...
Extended reply period on quadrennial review
What’s a couple of weeks when the entire proceeding seems to be a couple of years behind schedule? The comment period for The 2010...
FCC auctions: If you play you gotta pay
The FCC is about to put over 100 FM allotments up for auction during the final week of March, so the bill it has...
Fred Upton gets a helping hand
It’s not easy being a moderate these days, or even anything less than a full-throttle ideologue sometimes. For House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman...
FCC reform bill headed for House floor
Republican members of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology passed bills to change the ways the FCC functions; and the full Committee on Energy...
FCC targets MSS spectrum for mobile broadband
The television band is a prominent target for spectrum repurposing to meet the demand for mobile broadband, and now it has company on the...