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...
Free Press using Daily Show appearance to pressure Baker
Josh Silver, speaking for Free Press, was featured in a Jon Stewart bit on the 5/16/11 edition of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Silver...
Public broadcasters pull in government educational funds
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS sent a shout-out to Congress and the Department of Education for sending cash their way for educational...
Democrats suffer another US Senate retirement
Herb Kohl (D-WI) is ending his career in the US Senate, creating another open seat for 2012. The announcement brings the total number of...
Multiple government agencies teaming for obesity forum
Childhood obesity is seen as an epidemic in Washington and marketing practices used to sell food to children is under the microscope. At the...
Meredith Baker leaving FCC for Comcast
Republican FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker looks like an 8th Floor short-timer – word is out that she plans to exit the Commission soon...
FCC, FEMA go mobile with emergency alerts
The powers in charge to unveil PLAN, otherwise known as the Personal Localized Alerting Network. It is designed to get emergency info out to cell phone users. However, when a cellular network goes down, customers will still be unable to access these 90-character warnings