Shield remains stalled in committee
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) was unable to quell misgivings about the new, supposedly-improved compromise version of the reporters shield bill, forcing it...
Legal beagles oppose enhanced FCC form
The prospect of filling out the new FCC ownership Form 323 looks mountainous to the attorneys who will handle much of the work – and the need to provide
FCC smells a rat at KRAT
KRAT(FM) Altamont OR has been shown the door by the FCC. Its license is history and its call letters are cancelled. It was supposedly...
Hutchison’s uncertainty is contagious
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) didn’t say when she’d finally step down from the Senate, just that it would be after her primary contest for...
Two broadcast bills on markup menu
The Senate Commerce Committee is holding a markup session on Thursday morning at 10AM, and both radio and television broadcasters have reason to pay...
Hutchison hangs on to day job
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) has abandoned her earlier plan to exit the Senate before year’s end in her pursuit of the governorship of Texas....
Reporters Shield, the never-ending story
The Senate Judiciary Committee has placed consideration of the reporters shield back on the agenda for its next business meeting, scheduled for Thursday, 11/19/09...
Hutchison TX bid hits speed bump
Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) is planning to step down to run for governor of her home state, but the...
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...