McDowell supports tax certificates
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell addressed an FCC sponsored forum on capital formation for small and disadvantaged business. Besides noting that for once, the big...
Broadcasters duck FCC agenda
The 11/18 November Open Meeting actually is going to put state and local zoning authorities on the griddle, rather than broadcasters, as it looks...
Fox antagonist Dunn done at White House
White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, who was one of the key administration officials behind the ratcheting up of hostilities between the Obama White...
Your returned DTV spectrum at work
Well, it’s not at work yet. One of the biggest public interest benefits of broadcast television going to DTV and ending the period of...
If at first you don’t succeed, don’t bother trying again
For the second time, A-O Broadcasting Corporation attempted to bring KTFM-FM, or as it is now known at the FCC, DKTRM-FM (the D is...
FCC to delve into capitalization issues
The FCC has scheduled a staff workshop to search for ways to drive capital to small and socially disadvantaged businesses. Although the primary focus...
A shield deferred, once again
The reporters shield is still stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee, despite reports that key senators and the White House had arrived at a...
Form-filling was a two-person job
Everybody on all sides agrees that the 2010 Quadrennial Review should be data driven. However, Media General’s George Mahoney pointed out that there are...
Broadcaster/Industry ownership panel testimony
The NAB, two television groups and two minority broadcast associations were on the 11/4/09 FCC panel in preparation for the 2010 Quadrennial Review of...
E&C subcoms distract Genachowski
No less than two House Energy & Commerce subcommittees are joining forces to tackle the problem of distracted driving, which as a topic on...
FCC ownership Form 323 going live
The OMB has approved the FCC’s new ownership form, the one set up to accommodate enhanced disclosure for the purpose of gathering detailed ownership...
On tap for broadcast panel
The third and final FCC media ownership workshop for the week will feature five panelists, representing the NAB, two television groups and two minority...
Scholars expound on media ownership
The FCC convened the first of three panels in advance of its review of media ownership rules, the scholar panel. Coming next are the...
Scholars look at measuring media ownership
For the most part, the academic community agrees that the concepts of diversity, localism and competition enshrined as the basis of FCC media ownership...
Another go-around for distracted driving
The House Energy & Commerce Committee, echoing its sister committee in the Senate, is going to hold a session on distracted driving, an issue...