Fairness Doctrine achieves official obsolescence
The FCC promised to take steps to finish off the Fairness Doctrine by removing all lingering references to it in its body of regulation...
FCC clears license transfers to Merlin Media
Randy Michaels and Walter Sabo at Merlin Media have been running two FM stations in Chicago and one in New York under an LMA arrangement
New LPTVs about to be cleared for takeoff
The FCC is just about ready to grant construction permits to 22 new low-power TV stations or translators. None are mutually exclusive with any...
FCC set to collect annual regulatory fees
Broadcasters be warned! Fiscal Year 2011 Regulatory Fees are due at the FCC September 14th. You will not get a bill in the mail,...
FCC catching up on complaints reports
All at once the FCC has issued its
One hat in the GOP ring, one out
Iowa broadcasters have seen the last of advertising by former Minnesota Governor Tom Pawlenty. Not to worry, Texas Governor Rick Perry (pictured) may pick up...
Nancy Pelosi rounds out Select Committee
The 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is now fully identified. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) named the final three members. None...
Congressional Super Committee features Upton, Kerry
The makeup of the bicameral committee that will deal with debt issues is three-fourths of the way there. Republicans have named all six of...
RIAA hires from within to replace outgoing leader
Recording Industry Association of America Chairman Mitch Bainwol is on the way out, heading to an automotive trade group, and the RIAA Board has...
FCC approves Pittsburgh noncom radio deal
The sale of WDUQ-FM by Duquesne University to Essential Public Media appears to be as routine as a deal can be as far as...
No new life for expired AM CP
The failure to get WJFA(AM) Hilliard FL built in time may have benefitted from an 18 month CP extension, but an application to transfer it came at the very last minute
FCC feels fine, fine recipients probably not so much
The FCC has once again turned on its printer to pop out a new collection of notices of apparently liability, which means that several...
FCC agenda moves forward as advertised
The sneak preview of the August FCC agenda was an accurate sneak preview, and what it means for broadcasters is at most a seat...
Anna Eshoo wants CALM to apply universally
Here’s a story that goes to show the complexities of the federal machinery in Washington DC. House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA)...