FCC agenda remains as boring as advertised
We suppose we aren’t going to set any world records for active story clickers when we put the word “boring” in a headline –...
FCC representatives headed to Phoenix info forum
The FCC report “Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age” came out back in June, but at the beginning...
Industry group fighting for free TV
The call for access to television airspace rings loud, clear and often from the wireless community, but the Coalition for Free TV and Broadband says that doesn
Spectrum auctions are part of American Jobs Act
Repurposing spectrum in the television band to be auctioned off to providers of mobile broadband has been on the table in both houses of Congress
Tower light failure unmasks the case of the purloined public file
The lightning strike on the tower of WOXD-FM Oxford MS, licensed to Taylor Communications, took out the red obstruction lights, an outage which was
Awarded NY FM CP stands up to petition to reconsider
The CP for a new FM in Lancaster NY awarded to Holy Family Communications has been upheld against the challenge of a CP competitor...
FCC agents bag night owl AM day-timer
When the sun goes down in the New Orleans so too is the signal of KGNA-AM Gretna LA, licensed to Crocodile Broadcasting Inc. However, agents discovered that for a period of years,
Second AT&T-T-Mobile lawsuit comes from Sprint
The proposed $39B acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T has already attracted a lawsuit from the Department of Justice, which wants the wedding blocked. Now...
FCC fees due in about a week
If you are reading this on Tuesday, September 6, 2011, you have eight days to get your cash in to the FCC to keep...
FCC Open Meeting broadcast snoozefest continues
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again – it is not necessarily a bad thing if the FCC does not have any...
AT&T vows to pursue T-Mobile merger despite DOJ block
Telecommunications giant AT&T believes that DOJ blindsided it and got it all wrong with it announced it was taking court action to block its...
AT&T immobile: DOJ sues to stop merger
A major stumbling block has been thrown in the path of AT&T
Kevin Martin thinks Supremes might validate cross-ownership
It was all the way back in December 2007 when former Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin managed to use his 3-2 party line FCC