Watchdogs host DC insiders at Minnesota internet confab
Free Press, SaveTheInternet.com, the Center for Media Justice and New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative are among the groups behind a public forum on...
Building a better rabbit: NAB reports on better indoor TV antennae
Technology has come a long, long way from the days when most of us got our television programming directly off the air, and manipulating...
Quartet of Democrats weighs in with FCC on net neutrality
Four key Democratic members of the House of Representatives have fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski endorsing his “third way” approach...
FCC establishes Office of Native Affairs and Policy
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) now has an Office of Native Affairs and Policy which will work to promote the deployment and adoption of...
FCC broadcast complaints up in Q4 2009
The FCC is out with its quarterly report on informal consumer inquiries and complaints. Complaints were down overall from Q3, but up for radio...
Pile of LPTV and translator applications accepted by FCC
The FCC has released a long list of TV translator and low-power TV applications which have been accepted for filing. Each is not mutually...
Commissioner Michael Copps blasts Verizon-Google deal
With the FCC unable to form an industry consensus on what
License reinstatement plea rejected by FCC
WYLE-TV Florence, AL will remain but a memory. The FCC has rejected an appeal by former owner ETC Communications to reinstate the station’s license.WYLE,...
MMTC applauds Menendez race/gender study, but not its results
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) recently released a study of minority and female participation in senior management and boardroom roles at America’s top corporations. The...
FCC questioning license-worthiness of NV FM translator owner
It all comes down to the answer Eddie Floyd gave to the FCC Form 345 Inquiry No. 8, to the effect that the licensee,...
Ethics trial looms for Maxine Waters
Influential Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who occasionally is involved in legislative matters affecting broadcasters via her seat on the House Judiciary Committee, is being...
Watchdogs call for pre-recess vote on Disclose Act
Republicans in the Senate were recently able to block an up-and-down vote on the Disclose Act. A watchdog organization called Protect Our Elections is
FCC meeting agenda confirms sneak preview: No broadcast items
Following the precedent put in place by former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to offer transparency into agency actions, a sneak preview of the agenda...
FCC tees up DTV signal field strength methodology proceeding
“As recognized and directed by Congress in the STELA, a predictive model is needed to provide presumptive determinations as to whether a household is...
Congressional foes of retransmission negotiation fall flat
New York Reps Steve Israel (D-NY) and Pete King (R-NY) recently wrote a