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...
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...