Adelstein to exit FCC
President Barack Obama now has two seats to fill on the Federal Communications Commission – one Democrat and one Republican – and the Senate...
File under installment
A noncommercial radio station in Atlanta was unable to hop out of yet another in a current spate of public file fines issued by...
Inventory check
A bipartisan quartet of senators want to find out which slices of wireless spectrum are being used for what, with an eye toward using...
Minority/female ownership front and center again
The currently all-male, all-white FCC will take up the issue of gathering better data on minority and female broadcast ownership at its April 8th...
Another station nailed on file violation
Add KXMX-AM Anaheim CA to the list of stations which are paying the price for failure to maintain proper issue/program information in its public...
Noncom strays into commercial corral
KXPW-LP Georgetown TX, and LPTV serving the Austin DMA, has been hit with a hefty $20K notice of apparent liability for running underwriting announcements...
File under presumptuous
The station is small – so small that it thought it was exempt from maintaining program/issues lists in its public file. The FCC thinks...
Obama loosens credit for small businesses
A number of steps are being taken to ease the credit environment for small businesses, in recognition of their role as a job creation...
Obama picked a Locke
And now it’s up to the Senate Commerce Committee to confirm. We refer to the nomination of Gary Locke to be Secretary of Commerce...
Station fails to get credit for partial info
The issues/program portion of the public file has come into the path of the FCC’s fine machine, and the result is a $7K assessment...
Senate Committee revives specialist panel
Awhile back, broadcasting issues on Capitol Hill were so white hot that the Senate Commerce Committee decided to forego a special subcommittee to handle...
Republicans urge newbies to cash up
House leadership on the Republican side of the aisle doesn’t want to throw away any money into lost causes in 2010 – so it...
Pamal agrees to decree on sponsorship ID
The FCC and Pamal Broadcasting Ltd. have come to terms on a consent decree that will get the radio group off the hook for...
Recording companies turn to a Pumpkin
The star witness at today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing will be Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan. He’s expected to be the lone practicing professional...
FCC blocks interference plan
Noncommercial Spirit Radio of North Florida tried to upgrade its WWLC-FM Cross City FL, only to be denied by the FCC. That’s because a...