Frigid weather gets radio station out of fence fine
KMBQ-AM Wasilla AK was inspected by an FCC agent, it was discovered that the tower was not protected from public access by adequate fencing,...
FCC seeks comment on regional sports networks
It all goes back to the implosion of cable company Adelphia Communications and the acquisition of parts of it by Time Warner Cable and...
Third Circuit ownership ruling killing off CPs
One of the most perplexing issues facing civil servants in Washington is advancing the goal of diversity in the face of a legal system that refuses
PACs waging the debt ceiling battle on the airwaves
President Barack Obama and a handful of congressional leaders have been the main players in the raging battle over the deficit, taxes and the...
Organizations wants brakes slammed on FCC low power TV order
The National Translator Association thinks it has a firm basis for asking the FCC to stay its new deadlines for LPTVs, Class A TVs and TV translators to find a new channel if necessary
John Dingell asks for speedy FCC action on retransmission
By speedy, we mean that veteran Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) would like to see the FCC
Communications lawyer gets White House nod for FTC
President Barack Obama has named Maureen K. Ohlhausen to serve as a Republican member of the Federal Trade Commission. Ohlhausen is currently an attorney...
Consideration of CALM Act extended
When Congress acted to bring the decibel level of television commercials down to the same level used in programming via passage of the CALM...
FCC firms up LPTV plans
By September 1, 2015, analog television broadcast is to be completely relegated to the past, as the FCC has set a hard deadline for low power television stations and translators to switch to digital. It also
Spectrum drafts put unlicensed white space in jeopardy
It has been all broadcasters could do to apply the brakes to the locomotive force behind the attempt to usurp broadcast spectrum turf to use for
Key Democrats unveil another spectrum draft bill
The search for spectrum space to use for wireless broadband has been keeping Capitol Hill staffers occupied all year, and in the House, another...
El Paso TV settles in UHF band
News-Press & Gazette's KVIA-TV El Paso had been trying to make a go of it on Channel 7 as part of the digital transition,...
Genachowski touts FCC reform efforts
Republicans in the House Energy and Commerce Committee have been making sure that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski does not forget a presidential mandate to...
Further observations on the court ownership ruling
Commentary continues to trickle in regarding the Third Circuit ruling on the FCC rulemaking attempts impacting media ownership rules..FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn - MMTC
Responses roll in to Third Circuit ruling
Copps has been a long-time and extremely vocal foe of media consolidation, and was more than ready to take a victory lap. RBR-TVBR reported that it