Washington says good-bye to Commissioner Hooks
Being named the very first African-American FCC Commissioner is just one of the notable achievements in the life of Benjamin L. Hooks, who passed...
FCC nails down agenda for next Open Meeting
The FCC’s five commissioners will gather together Wednesday morning, 4/21/10 for the April Open Meeting. The session will once again spend time on broadband...
Rockefeller weighs in on National Broadband Plan
Senate Commerce Committee chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is particularly concerned about the last mile of broadband adoption, since a disproportionate
Genachowski on tap for Senate NBP, hearing, House hearing on ice
FCC Chairman will be the lone witness as the Senate Commerce Committee takes a look at the National Broadband Plan, a hearing that was...
School gets dollars off late fine for good behavior
Manchester College, the licensee of WBKE-FM North Manchester IN, lost its student manager due to an entirely predictable event – graduation. The replacement manager,...
Stevens stepping down from SCOTUS
Speculation began to heat up about the retirement plans of Justice John Paul Stevens when he came into the current session of the Supreme...
FCC extends open internet comment period
This one will come in the zero-surprise category. In the matter of Preserving the Open Internet, Broadband Industry Practices, reply comments were due 4/8/10....
Comcast, commissioners weigh in on DC Circuit ruling
Cable and internet giant Comcast and two FCC commissioners were very happy with the DC Circuit’s ruling on the FCC’s ability to regulate the...
Positive and negative reaction to DC Circuit’s Comcast decision
A key member of the House of Representatives saw the victory of Comcast over the FCC in a network neutrality case at the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as a starting point. A key member of the Senate hopes it’s the end
Gripes of Wrath: Mid-2009 was decent for broadcasters
The latest figures from the FCC on citizen inquiries and complaints are out, and on the indecency front, there didn’t seem to be much...
Congress pressing FCC on FM in cell phones
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has been busy lately signing letters to Members of Congress who have written to him and Homeland Security Secretary Janet...
NAB has conventional reason to extend FCC retrans deadline
The FCC has opened up a proceeding called, “Rulemaking to Amend the Commission’s Rules Governing Retransmission Consent,” a matter of extreme interest to both...
FCC resorts to auction to settle CP competitions
The FCC is getting ready to hold Auction #88, a closed proceeding which will include mutually exclusive applicants for a number of FM station...
Broadcasters largely absent from April FCC meeting
The agenda is out for the FCC’s next Open Meeting, on the calendar for 4/21/10, and the six items therein are of little direct...
Act of good faith earns late-renewal fine reduction
KRNW-FM Chillicothe MO, licensed to the Board of Regents, Northwest Missouri State University, tried to piggyback its license renewal on one filed for its...