NUDs/NHDs on McDowell’s radar
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell said that an oblique FCC approach was necessary as the agency works with the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters...
McDowell calls for indecency enforcement now
In an address before the National Religious Broadcasters Association, Commissioner Robert McDowell noted a 1.3M FCC backlog of indecency complaints and said that the...
All broadband, all the time
The FCC already allowed us a sneak sunshine peak at the agenda for the next Open Meeting Tuesday, 9/29/09. We learned then that the...
Another campaign rule toppled
Many think that the Supreme Court is about to make it easier for corporations and unions to spend money during an election. And while...
Shield vote, interrupted
The Senate Judiciary Committee failed to achieve a quorum last Thursday, and among the victims was the reporter’s shield. But the matter is already...
Broadcast low on FCC oversight totem pole
Broadband and wireless issues where the top of mind items at the Communications Subcommittee meet-up with the five FCC Commissioners Thursday. However, Chairman Julius...
Shield teed up today in Senate Judiciary
S. 448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, attributed by the Senate Judiciary Committee to Arlen Specter (D-PA), Schumer (D-NY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC),...
House debut for three from FCC
Three of the five FCC Commissioners have yet to get a good grilling from the members of the House of Representatives, but that will...
House panel reads out SHVURA bill
The reauthorization of SHVURA is on its way for consideration by the full House of Representatives with the Judiciary Committee stamp of approval. A rollcall vote produced a unanimous result, although
FCC petitions to revisit Janet Jackson fine
The FCC believes that if it can go after fleeting expletives, punishing and fining the guilty, than it should be able to do the same when fleeting images go beyond
NAB joins Pearl in promoting world peace
The entire month of October this year will mark the eighth go-around for the Daniel Pearl Foundation’s Daniel Pearl World Music Days, a series...
E&C books FCC
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has made it official: Thursday is meet the Commissioners day. Presumably, anyway – that is the day...
Newspaper renews call for federal shield
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that President George W. Bush was against a federal shield for reporters, but both Barack Obama and John McCain said on the campaign trail that they were for it
FTC to alert media on stimulus scams
Hard times often make it easier for scam artists to prey on those down on their luck, and we’re undergoing a period of hard...
Genachowski kicks off vlog
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski isn’t kidding when he says the FCC is going to be a true 21st Century agency. In fact, me underscored...