FCC January agenda breaks the mold
Usually, the Open Meeting of the FCC in January is nothing more than a look back at the previous year and a glance forward...
SHVERA extended
The new rules governing the relationships between broadcast and satellite television were fast-tracked through Congress all year due to the 1/1/10 sunset on the...
FCC spells relief: 323 delay
All who thought the new enhanced disclosure ownership Form 323 was not ready for primetime, even after the FCC delayed it, can take heart in the fact that it has been delayed indefinitely once again
Griffith promised intramural battle in AL-5
Any notion by Parker Griffith (D-AL – no, make that R-AL) that his still-fresh party switch will pave a clear path to re-election to...
House Democrat switches parties
The Republicans just picked up a seat in the US House of Representatives without one vote being cast – doing it the way the...
FCC snowed out
The weather system that slammed into the Washington DC area and buried it in more than a foot of snow managed to bring much...
CALM Act finds an enthusiastic supporter
RBR-TVBR stories on the CALM Act (here and here ), which will force television commercials to keep the decibels down to the level of the program in which they are embedded, have generated a mild amount
FCC chairman promotes safe childhood surfing
Three members of the Obama administration and the organizations they head have teamed up to produce and promote a booklet called “Net Cetera: Chatting...
Snowe, Warner move to upgrade FCC staffs
New bipartisan Senate legislation being put forward by Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Mark Warner (D-VA) would give FCC commissioners – who tend to be...
FCC on the prowl for spectrum
The FCC reaffirmed during the latest broadband-oriented open meeting that it was hunting for spectrum to be put to use for broadband applications, and that the band currently occupied by broadcast television is
Spectrum inventory bill praised
Most of the witnesses who spoke about the House bill that would instruct the NTIA and FCC to conduct a comprehensive inventory of communications spectrum felt it was an
FCC Open Meeting delayed
The December Open Meeting, which will once again focus on the National Broadband Plan, will still take place Wednesday 12/16/09. However, the starting time...
Subcommittee obesity witnesses named
America’s battle of the bulge has been ongoing for years, and the government has in particular been ratcheting up the heat of late. Advertisers...
Obama pressing lenders to increase lending
President Barack Obama met with top financial industry executives Monday. The session was behind closed doors, but it was no secret what message
NAB’s Smith to the Hill for spectrum testimony
The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will look at two bills relating to communications spectrum at a Tuesday 12/15/09 hearing. NAB...