Fine scorecard: FCC 2, appellant 0
A licensee facing two totally unrelated FCC fines appealed them both. One of them involved filing a Form 301 on time after winning an...
CPB brings new ombudsman aboard
One way for a public media organization to head off criticism from the outside is to beat the critics to the punch and provide...
FCC locks down June agenda
A short-handed contingent of FCC commissioners will convene the June Open Meeting on Thursday 6/9/11, and as RBR-TVBR reported earlier, the assembled regulators will...
Senate panel set to consider spectrum bill
Here we go - Both houses of Congress and numerous trade organizations that definitely have a horse in the race. On 6/8/11, the Senate Commerce Committee will mark up a bill on the topic.
MSTV moves in with NAB
The merger of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) is complete. According to the NAB, it...
Key House Republicans ask FCC to erase Fairness Doctrine
The Fairness Doctrine was essentially done away with back during the Reagan administration, but FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell recently discovered that it continues to lurk within the Code of Federal Regulations. Key Energy
Todd Schurz at bat for broadcasters in spectrum hearing
Are voluntary spectrum auctions a good way for the United States to smooth the path for wireless broadband in the immediate future? The House...
FCC moving forward with CALM Act implementation
The FCC has been instructed by overwhelming Congressional mandate to put rules in place that limit the audio volume of commercials to the levels of the programming
California Class A TV hit with file fine
A station doesn’t have to use full power to be hit with the full brunt of the FCC Enforcement Bureau. Case in point: a...
Poll: Keep regulators and the regulated far apart
The timing of this poll is certainly related to the move being made by a certain FCC commissioner to a certain high profile media company, and the results certainly suggest that this particular move was a massive PR faux pas.
Subcommittee tees up TV auction hearing
Coming to a Rayburn Building hearing room near you (if you happen to be in Washington DC in the Capitol Hill area, anyway) –...
Subcommittee looks at interoperable safety network
Greg Walden (R-OR) has already had his House Communications Subcommittee take an initial look at the possibility of television spectrum auctions. Now he has...
FCC announces June agenda
If you’re waiting for an FCC Open Meeting agenda item that has stirring and vital interest to members of the broadcasting community, we suggest...
SC Sen. Jim DeMint gets Senate subcommittee leadership role
The roster of Republicans serving as subcommittee chairs on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation have been named, and the honor for...
Comcast says Meredith Baker hiring on the up and up
A senior Comcast executive said he was surprised at all the noise that has been generated by his company’s job offer to FCC Commissioner...