Former radio host Mike Pence getting push toward White House
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) has been juggling his options. He turned down a chance to run for the US Senate last year in the...
Democrats are in no rush to fill Eand C slots, Stearns eyes FCC
The Republican Party has settled on a Chairman for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, assigned subcommittee chairs and vice-chairs, and has already provided...
Kay Bailey Hutchison set to hang up her senatorial spikes
The guessing games are over. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will not seek another term in the US Senate with her current one expires after...
Another post-Senate gig for Byron Dorgan
No doubt recently-retired Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) had occasion to meet with many unelected professionals representing communications interests when pertinent legislation was before the...
GOP names names at key committees
Far and away, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in particular, is Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, hold the greatest...
Democratic rep cites Giffords shooting to reinstate Fairness
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) was one of many politicians to criticize the vitriolic tenor of politics today in the wake of the shootings in...
Benefactor of satcaster competition: CATV
Because of the many difficulties incurred wiring a community for cable television service, and the desire of most communities to limit the number of...
Former Senator Byron Dorgan hitting lecture circuit
For a good stretch of the first decade of the new millennium, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) as a leading playing when broadcasting issues splashed...
Key Washington figures headed to MMTC conference
Among the issues being addressed at the Second Annual Broadband and Social Justice Summit are implications of the 2010 midterm elections on “civic engagement...
NAB spends $3.4M in Capitol Hill lobbies
The National Association of Broadcasters had a busy year in Washington, working the corridors of power in the House and the Senate on behalf...
MMTC wants calendar shifted for LPTV
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council says that low power television is caught between a rock and a broadband place – licensees are facing...
FCC rings up two owners for $28K on EEO charges
A four-station radio cluster in the Medford-Ashland OR market owned by Opus Broadcasting Systems Inc. and a six-station radio cluster in Joplin MO owned...
Stations late for a very important date
The FCC is continuing to hand out fines for stations that failed to apply to renew their broadcast license in time. As a reminder,...
Landlord agrees to decree in Brooklyn piracy case
A spectrum bandit was operating in Brooklyn on its spectrum avenue of choice, 99.9 MHz, and was apprehended by an FCC field agent.
FCC announces open meeting schedule for 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, get set to mark your calendars. The FCC conducts most of its important business during its once-a-month open meetings, when the...