FTC ordering reports from food companies marketing to children
The Federal Trade Commission is following up a study on how food is marketed to children that came out in 2008, hoping to guage...
BP tripled advertising after spill according to House panel
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce released the results of its British Petroleum query asking how much it had been spending on advertising...
FCC
Democratic FCC Commissioner Michael Copps sent the Washington Post a point of information concerning a court ruling that found the FCC had overstepped its...
Due date arrives for BP ad report to House panel
A report from oil-spill challenged British Petroleum requested by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations...
Two ways to reduce an FCC late renewal fine
Hawkins Broadcasting Company, licensee of WWHN-AM Joliet IL, and Communications Systems Inc., licensee of WFMI-FM Southern Shores NC, both failed to timely renew their...
Hearst agrees to decree with FCC on earth station misunderstanding
The FCC and Hearst Stations have agreed to call off the dogs and enter into a finding-free compliance program regarding use of a newsgathering...
Women
The Alliance for Women in Media has weighed in with the FCC on the plan announced many months ago by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski...
Stations duck fines for failure to renew license
Getting out of paying a fine is usually a good thing, but the circumstance that most often gets that result is one that most...
Satellite audio SDB tier put on hold once again
One of the conditions put on the merger of Sirius and XM satellite radio operations into XM Sirius was the establishment of a system...
Advice to small broadcasters: Stay on top of your FCC paperwork
Whether virtual or not, every entity that holds an FCC license is responsible to follow the rules and regulations, and it is responsible to be aware of just what those rules and regulations are
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...