Sen. Jim DeMint leads renewed assault on CPB
The Republican Party is looking to cut funds, and one of its favorite targets of late has been public broadcasting. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)...
Net neutrality hearing in the works next week
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) have honored the request of Ranking Member counterparts Henry...
Another US Senator plans to exit after 2012
The announcement of plans to retire from 86-year-old Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) did not catch anybody inside the Beltway by surprise – if his...
NAB and MSTV looking at an association of Associations
If ever a wedding made sense, it is this one. The National Association of Broadcasters and the Association of Maximum Service Television may very well lead the league in issuing joint documents. That may no longer be
House panel voting to undo FCC net neutrality regimen
Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will lead a vote in his Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet aimed at stripping the force of
NAB alerts lawmakers to another spectrum squatter
NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith has fired off a letter to key legislators in the US Congress, alerting them to more reports that even as the
Senate Communications subcommittee members named
For awhile there, when broadcast ownership and indecency were extremely hot Capitol Hill topics, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation ceased naming...
Democratic senators ready to defend net neutrality
The Republican majority in the House of Representatives has proposed a number of ways to prevent the FCC from implementing its plans to enforce the concept of network neutrality, from
FCC blasted for lack of action on minority issues
An organization of organizations has told the FCC that to its utter amazement, movement on improving the situation for minorities in the broadcast media...
Former senator taking the reins at MPAA
Chris Dodd (ex-D-CT), who retired from the Senate after declining a re-election bid in 2010, is said to be close to accepting the top...
Broadcasters working the halls at the FCC
Last week, a contingent of broadcasters and attorneys went to the FCC, representing even more broadcasters, in this case reminding key FCC employees at...
Sixth senator hanging up spikes
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) has decided that five terms in the US Senate is enough, and will step down rather than run for re-election in...
Small business status fails to help licensee duck fine
Sudbury Services Inc., licensee of KLCN-AM in Blytheville AR, was hit by the FCC with a $9K public file fine for omissions occurring between...
Copps delivers his boilerplate to communications attorneys
Democratic FCC Commissioner Michael Copps has well-known views on the state of the broadcasting industry, and he doesn’t mind sharing them. That’s one reason...