FCC comments on filing deadline waivers
New Beginning World Outreach Inc. attempted to acquire a construction permit for a new NCE FM in Wytheville VA, but submitted a defective engineering...
Two noncomms settle with the FCC
Noncommercial licensees are just as subject to fines as commercial ones if they violate FCC rules. So, two noncomm FMs are going to be...
House panel puts broadband on the agenda
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has made it official. It will hold its first hearing on the National Broadband Plan on Thursday, 3/25/10....
Rockefeller plans mark-up to reinforce FCC Commissioners
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has set up a wide-ranging mark-up session that among other things will take up a bill which...
Commissioners discuss television aspects of National Broadband Plan
The FCC unveiled its long-awaited National Broadband Plan, and while television spectrum is definitely being eyed for repurposing, there was no outright call for spectrum from the denizens of the FCC’s 8th Floor. One, in fact expressed sentiments
Senate Commerce Committee tees up broadband
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) didn’t waste any time getting a National Broadband Plan hearing on the schedule. His Senate Commerce Committee will convene Tuesday 3/23/10...
City pulled over by FCC license renewal cops
Escalante City in Utah is the licensee of FM translator K237AD. And it did not get around to renewing its license until March 1,...
Cablevision donates $25K as part of consent decree
Just to top off a week in which it lost a major court battle over program access in the Court of Appeals for the...
Three nailed for late renewal filings
KYDS-FM Sacramento CA, WTTU-FM Cookeville TN and WKCL-FM Ladson SC were all hit with $1.5K fines by the FCC for the simple fine of...
Broadband is unsurprising topic of FCC meeting
The due date for the FCC’s National Broadband Plan is 3/17/10, a date that is exactly one month later than the original due date....
Hill panels look at campaign spending, spectrum
The marquee event for broadcasters on Capitol Hill during the second week of March is beyond any doubt the Senate Commerce Committee’s examination of...
FCC Native American radio initiatives open for discussion
As part of a proceeding to promote rural radio service, the FCC has notices of proposed rulemakings floated concerning the establishment of bidding credits...
NATPE counsel sees broadcasters dodging spectrum loss
The Washington attorney for the National Association of Television Program Executives is looking at the wording of recent FCC statements on spectrum in the television band, and sees cause for a sense of relief among those in the broadcast community
RTDNA protests silence of SCOTUS
The Supreme Court failed to release a recording of its proceedings on a high profile gun rights case, McDonald v. Chicago, and the Radio Television Digital News Association wants to know why. Even though SCOTUS remains camera shy
Senators move to bolster FCC tech expertise
It just seems wrong that in 1948 the FCC employed 720 engineers, but has fewer than 300 today – and with that somewhat astonishing...