Consent decree struck over underwriting announcements
The FCC and Way-FM Media Group have decided that rather than continue to argue over whether or not the noncommercial licensee of KXWA-FM Loveland...
Noncom documentarian Burns heads for the Hill
Ken Burns has mastered the trick, from time to time, anyway, of keeping millions coming back to public television for days on end to...
FCC unveils agenda on noncommercial’s digital role
The date is 4/30/10, the time is 9AM-5PM, and the workshop session is entitled, “Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era.” It’s...
House subcommittee reschedules broadband hearing
The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet had originally planned to tee up a session entitled “The National Broadband Plan: Competitive Availability of...
Virginia public broadcasters survive budget attack
Freshman Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) recently followed in the footsteps of many others in trying to eliminate public funding for public broadcasting, and had...
FCC opens inquiry into competitive video gear
It has not gone unnoticed at the Federal Communications Commission that Americans are getting their video programming from a variety of sources these days,...
Rep. Rick Boucher invites witnesses to broadband hearing
We knew that the influential House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet would be holding a hearing entitled "The National Broadband Plan: Deploying...
Musicians petition FCC in favor of net neutrality
The American Federation of Musicians sent in reply comments pertaining to the FCC’s proceeding on a free and open internet, saying that network neutrality...
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....