House Commerce chair derby: Some are down on Fred Upton
Even as current House Energy Commerce Committee Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-TX) looks to remain in a post which he may or not lose...
Former President George W. Bush tours radio and television
NBC’s Matt Lauer scored the initial foray onto the airwaves as President George W. Bush returns to the limelight to promote his new book...
Anatomy of a file fine
How often does it happen this way: A key broadcast employee leaves, an employee who kept the station’s public file properly nourished. Nobody picks...
FCC November meeting tackles spectrum use
The next FCC open meeting will drag the television industry into the search for spectrum as the Commission seeks to find space for wireless...
Defeated Rick Boucher hailed as tech-savvy legislator
A number of Washington denizens came forward with words to honor the career of Rick Boucher (D-VA), who is currently Chairman of the House...
Radio veteran Greg Walden chairs GOP transition team
Greg Walden (R-OR) has spent many years looking out for the concerns of broadcasters as one of the few members of the House of...
FCC allows sale of half of LPFM time share
One half of an LPFM time-sharing partnership in Columbus OH decided to sell its portion of the allotment, raising objections from the remaining partner,...
FCC extends deadline to sign up for capital workshop
Interested parties are invited to the FCC for a session entitled Capitalization Strategies Workshop, the intent of which is to explore financing possibilities for...
New Jersey senator signs on for legislated retransmission solution
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) serves with John Kerry (D-MA) on the Senate Commerce Committee, and has agreed to work with Kerry in changing the rules...
Fred Upton: Congress should stay out of Fox/Cablevision
If Republicans capture the majority in the US House of Representatives, one member who holds a senior position on the key Committee on Energy...
Diverse group of legislators concerned about retransmission
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski just made public a stack of correspondence he had engaged in with members of Congress, some of whom wrote individual...
Citadel Broadcasting fined for public file violation
The Federal Communications Commission is holding Citadel Broadcasting’s WIBR-AM & WEMX-FM Baton Rouge, LA liable for failing to maintain its public inspection files. However,...
Multicultural caught with its file downtown
WNGY-AM Babylon NY, serving the Nassau-Suffolk market, had the misfortune to suffer a visit from an FCC agent at a time when licensee Multicultural...
Broadcasters want to extend the clock on EAS CAP
The Society of Broadcast Engineers, in conjunction with a wide coalition of broadcaster organizations, is asking for more time to come into compliance with...
Genachowski sees triple win ahead via TV spectrum auction
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is ready to move ahead with the process of cobbling an order of business for reclaiming portions of the spectrum...