FCC taking comments on commenting
The Federal Register has published the FCC’s request for the thoughts of interested parties on new requirements that perhaps should be placed on those...
FCC candidates make it through committee
Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai have been recommended to the full Senate as the next FCC Commissioners, by a voice vote of the Senate...
FCC calls broadcast indecency court case audacious
Regardless of what the FCC says, the indecency rules are indeed vague and inconsistently enforced, and the FCC
FCC candidates headed back to Commerce Committee
The grilling of Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel, such as it was, was completed on 11/30/11, and the grillmasters at the Senate Commerce Committee...
Senate panel addresses electronic SCOTUS coverage
We will be able to watch a Senate Judiciary subcommittee discuss the merits of allowing microphones and television cameras into the Supreme Court to...
Former FCC commish surfaces at media organization
Officers from CBS Corporation and NBCUniversal are joining the board of Washington media advocacy The Media Institute. For the NBCU exec, it will be...
Standard FEC deadlock leaves PAC rules in place
Political action committees gained a lot of power as a result of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, but are still prohibited from overtly...
FCC wants comments on commenter requirements
FCC has been accused of last-minute data dumps related to complex rulemaking proceedings, in particular by Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that is seeking legislation to restrict the agency.
House Republicans spank FCC on USF proceeding
House Commerce Chair Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-OR) are keeping the heat on the FCC even as they work...
Washington: Meeting, markup and nomination hearing
The powers that be with an interest in the communications world inside the Beltway have an active week. The FCC Commissioners will hold their...
FCC calmly announces December agenda
Ever since Julius Genachowski became Chairman, the FCC has spent an enormous amount of time examining broadband issues, and very little time on broadcasting....
Supercommittee swings and misses, but spectrum bill still alive
The 12 Democrats and Republicans that made up the Select Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction were unable to overcome the same basic disagreements between the two
Michigan Rep. John Conyers warns on channel repacking
John Conyers (D-MI) is concerned that plans to repurpose 120 MHz of television spectrum for wireless broadband could do serious damage, particular to broadcasters...
Senate schedules FCC nomination hearings
A Republican office on the FCC’s 8th Floor has been vacant since the summer, and a Democratic office is about to empty. But Sen....
NAB position on TV spectrum opposed by music interests
In what may be the epitome of ulterior motive moves in the ongoing discussion of voluntary television spectrum auctions, groups representing elements of the music industry have fired off a letter to the Supercommittee criticizing broadcasters