Commissioners in Spain weigh in on spectrum
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and sole Republican Commissioner Robert McDowell have attended and addressed the GSMA Global World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, and both...
Democrats may be back in NE senatorial ballgame
Bob Kerrey may provide the reinforcements Democrats need to hold a Nebraska Senate seat.
FTC tells window biz to close the curtain on savings claims
Broadcasters will not have to waste any energy policing advertiser energy-saving claims. But it's good to be aware of the issue.
Spectrum auctions: It’s the law
As expected, President Obama signed a multifaceted bipartisan bill.
Clyburn thanks Congress for incentive auction authority
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is looking forward to the challenge of spectrum reallocation.
Obama addresses payroll bill, no mention of spectrum
As important as the bill authorizing incentive auctions of television spectrum is to broadcasters, wireless companies and ultimately, American citizens, its second-rate status as...
Closed captioning a must on formerly exempt programs
The FCC has noted that by now, almost three hundred television programs formerly exempt from the need to provide closed captioning are now required...
Unlicensed spectrum may be the ticket for minority entrepreneurs
Latoya Livingston, writing for the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, said that the ability for socially-disadvantaged business to bid for spectrum abandoned by television...
2012 EEO audit program kicking off
The FCC is firing out notification to a number of stations and MVPDs notifying them that they have been randomly selected for an EEO...
Virginia GOP primary exposes campaign truths
The Republican Party in Virginia required candidates to jump through some hoops if they wished to have a crack at the state's delegates to...
FCC backs down on LightSquared, Grassley digs in
The FCC had cleared the way for LightSquared to offer a new mobile broadband service pending resolution of interference problems, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has been questioning the process. Now NTIA has reported the problems
Chairman on the menu for FCC budget hearing
When the House Communications Subcommittee convenes to grill the FCC on the topic of its budget during a hearing on Thursday 2/16/12, it will...
Administration budget includes FCC funding
The FY 2013 federal budget requested by President Barack Obama asks for $346.78 million to keep the FCC up and running. Meanwhile, the FCC outlined its strategic objectives through 2016
Greg Walden heats up the griddle for more FCC action
There are two bills pending in the House Energy and Commerce Committee that have been forwarded by the Communications Subcommittee for full committee markup
FCC lays out agenda for February meeting
As advertised, the FCC Open Meeting for February will feature an agenda that is once again bereft of items of any particular interest to...