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...
FCC Commissioners going to NAB Show
Much of Washington will be in Las Vegas soon for the 2012 NAB Show, and that includes the entire commissioner-level population of the FCC...
San Diego TV off the hook for 2008 captioning fine
When an emergency is in progress, local broadcasters time and time again step up and provide critical and sometimes life-saving information. Such was the...
Supremes shy away from TV for health care case
The health care package passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama is
Sen. Grassley keeping FCC nominees in limbo
The nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai have been frozen by a single disgruntled senator
FCC Chairman booked at NAB Las Vegas
Julius Genachowski will be in Las Vegas for the 2012 NAB Show. The trade group announced that the FCC Chair
FCC waves through another failing-station waiver
Did you know that although a surfer may go to the beach and instantly catch a wave, it is nigh unto impossible for a...
US rep challenges bullying documentary’s R rating
Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) says an important new documentary on the growing problem of bullying
Commerce Committee’s Jim DeMint: Rule slayer
Under current local ownership caps, one company can not own two of the top-four rated television stations
FCC says it’s following the rules in Grassley dispute
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has been holding up final Senate consideration of two nominees for FCC commissioner
Democrats continue efforts to unmask political ad buyers
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling has made it possible for individual donors to send cash
FCC reform bill clears committee
The full House of Representatives will get a crack at voting on a bill that would make it more difficult for the FCC to regulate, would try to increase its efficiency
Legislators conflicted about Citizens United results
National political action committees can build massive piles of campaign advertising cash in the wake of