MMTC wonders who is qualified for Sirius XM diversity tier
As a condition of merger, surviving SDARS entity Sirius XM agreed to provide a number of channels on its satellite audio service to niche and noncommercial programmers to assure that programs available on the service would offer
GOP House Commerce leadership battle wearing on members
Ever since it became apparent that the Republican Party was going to take over control of the House of Representatives, and with it the...
Retransmission consent hearing: The witnesses speak
Five media executives testified 11/17/10 before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet on the subject of
Call is renewed for passage of Disclose Act
Just as the US Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the role of its multimillion dollar advertising campaign in turning the House of Representatives over to Republican control, a watchdog is urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to use
Rep. Fred Upton says FCC lacks sense of direction
Three candidates to lead the Republican side of the aisle in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce seem to have one thing in common
Leadership situation in House Energy and Commerce remains fluid
Another couple of days, another set of developments in the contest to head the House Committee on Energy and Commerce when Republicans resume leadership...
Retransmission hearing on the schedule
As promised, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, has put a discussion of...
Union has preferences in Democratic convention siting
The Democratic National Committee has been weighing the pros and cons of four possible sites for its 2012 presidential nominating convention – Charlotte NC,...
Yes we're still in Kansas, and yes the FCC rules still apply
FCC agents paid a visit to Daniel D. Smith’s KANR-AM Belle Plaines KS and found a small laundry-list worth of problems. Station systems involved...
New West Virginia senator sticking with Democrats
Democrat Joe Manchin, who is moving from the West Virginia state capital to the nation’s as he changes his title from governor to senator,...
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...