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...
FCC heading to Seattle for internet forum
“Approaches to Preserving the Open Internet” is the name of a workshop that the FCC is preparing for. It will be held on 4/28/10...
Petition to deny upheld as FCC reels a CP back in
Lee Seraphim (LS) and Mana’o Radio (MOR) were mutually exclusive competitors for an NCE FM CP, with LS aiming for Lahaina HI and MOR...
Senate panel re-tees broadband hearing
The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet quizzed all five Commissioners on the newly-released National Broadband Plan 3/25/10, but the Senate Commerce...
Senate panel may create job openings at the FCC
There will be five employment opportunities on the FCC’s 8th Floor if a bill passed out of the Senate Commerce Committee continues to move...
Poll finds broadband support is a plus with voters
A new poll out from Zogby indicates that a solid majority of voters believe that a strong government push for speedier internet service would...