Julius Genachowski participating in Microsoft town hall
The topic is (turn on echo machine): THE FUTURE. The sponsor is Microsoft, and among the participants is FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. The title...
Station back from the deleted pile must pay late renewal fine
KALV-AM Alva OK had a big swing and a miss when it came to renewing its license back in 2005. It missed the application...
President set to gain access to nationwide EAS
It will be a test – only a test – but the FCC has set in place the possibility of a nationwide or regional...
Washington observer scopes out congressional 2011 priorities
The takeover of the House of Representatives by Republicans signals a new set of priorities for Congress – or for half of Congress, at...
FCC agenda: Much ado about stuff other than broadcasting
Move along folks, nothing to see here. Well, that’s pretty much true if you are a broadcaster and you’re contemplating visiting the FCC or...
Democratic National Convention: The winner is Charlotte
The city of Charlotte, North Carolina beat out three other finalists for the honor of hosting the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and raking in...
FCC gets cold with Bold Gold over EAS absence
WWRR-FM, licensed to the Scranton PA portion of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market, was found to be without operational EAS equipment by an inspecting FCC agent....
First Amendment wins in Mississippi
The Mississippi Supreme Court overruled a youth court judge who had barred Raycom’s NBC WDAM-TV in Laurel-Hattiesburg MS from showing video of an alleged...
White space administration: Many are called, all are chosen
Before allowing unlicensed devices to access spectrum in between television stations, the so-called white spaces, device manufacturers must make sure they do not interfere...
SOTU carried by media, but as usual not about the media
Broadcasters and MVPDs in every corner of the United States made sure that US citizens had an opportunity not only to see President Barack...
Senator Al Franken, meet Senator Keith Olbermann
The liberal wing of the political media may have some catching up to do on radio and cable television, where people like Rush Limbaugh,...
FTC hits misleading debt relief advertisers for $500K
Hermosa Group LLC, Media Innovations LLC, and Financial Future Network LLC have reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission with an ultimate value...
Jay Rockefeller sets his Commerce Committee 2011 goals
Democrats still have control of the US Senate, and that means that Jay Rockefeller (D-VA) is still the Chair of the Commerce Committee, and...
Democrats shoo Eshoo into Communications Subcom lead
The next ranking member of the key Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet will be Anna Eshoo (D-CA), whose most recent communications trophy...
FCC finalizes January agenda, previews February
We noted earlier in the month that the FCC’s Open Meeting in January held little of interest to the broadcast community and that still...