Commissioner Robert McDowell earns free speech award
The 2011 winner of the Freedom of Speech Award, handed out by watchdog The Media Institute, is none other than FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell....
Michigan cabler nailed by FCC for EAS violation
Upper Peninsula Communications Inc. is a cable MSO serving communities in the portion of Michigan mentioned in its name. Although the FCC honored its...
Study in the works on how FCC indecency policy affects live news
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Kentucky AM nailed for file violation
Meade County Communications is the licensee of WMMG-AM Brandenburg KY, a station which turned out to have a deficiency when an FCC agent came...
Soup maker describes challenges of giving kids healthy choices
It’s all well and good to ask food manufacturers to observe strict nutritional guidelines for food that it wants to sell to children, through...
Fred Upton assails kid food marketing proposal
The Senate report language called for a study and a report to Congress. We have neither a study nor a report; rather, we have a quasi-regulatory maneuver that has drawn fire from a broad range of organizations
Broadband spectrum hunt may squash white space devices
Remember when the NAB had all it could do to keep unlicensed wireless devices out of circulation before the technology was proven safe and
Plumber Joe wants to go to Congress
Can you say media circus? The race for Ohio’s 9th District seat in the US House or Representatives may have just become the three-ring...
Leaky cable system racks up FCC fines
Not only members of the broadcast community that run afoul of FCC regulations and wind up opening their checkbooks as a consequence. A Florida cable system had a laundry list of violations that resulted in a $25K hit to its bank account.
Online public files on the FCC October agenda
The next FCC Open Meeting is on the calendar for Thursday 10/27/11, and it has three items up for consideration. One of them would...
Change of address no excuse to duck FCC fine
Case of WPRX-AM Bristol CT and its licensee, Nievezquez Productions Inc., there was a novel excuse that we think we might have kept to ourselves...Uhhhh, the station is supposed to make sure the FCC has an accurate address at all times
Mayors object to broadband deployment tactics
Companies striving to increase access to broadband have annoyed broadcasters with demands for spectrum It turns out that broadcasters are not alone
Another quarter, another extension of cross-ownership waivers
A number of media outlets have been trying to get the FCC to simply issue a blanket waiver until such time cross-ownership rules go from pending to certain, at which point
Key representatives want FTC probe of Facebook tracking practices
According to reports, a websurfer may leave Facebook, but Facebook may not leave the surfer. Apparently the social media giant has been
FCC names new diversity panel
A lot of familiar names will be sitting down together and working on the challenge of increasing the level of diversity among the nation’s...