Joint session: Boehner wants response time
President Barack Obama’s visit to Congress for a joint session to discuss health care is scheduled for 8:00 PM Eastern. If the networks carrying...
FCC talks emergencies, captions
With the California wildfires in progress, the FCC fired off a memo to all broadcast stations, cable operators, satellite services and other video providers reminding them of their responsibilities
Paper trail travail
MVB Inc.’s WWGC-AM Albertville AL was hit for a $1.5K fine for filing late for its license renewal – generally, the medium tier fine for a station which files after the official deadline but before the license expires
Meet the rookies, the sequel
The two newest FCC commissioners, Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Baker, just had their coming out parties at the 8/27/09 FCC Open Meeting for August....
Late, later and latest
Two AM stations and an FM translator all failed to get their renewal applications in on time. In fact, two of them were so...
FCC issues wildfire guidelines
Stations in Los Angeles that may be in the path of the fires raging there are being granted flexibility by the FCC, both to use temporary facilities and to go silent or dark if necessary. Stations requiring Special
Opp oops gets station in hot water
We rarely see the FCC get as hot as it has in this instance. WJIF-FM, licensed to Opp Educational Broadcasting Foundation in Opp AL, was subject to a complaint back on 8/7/08 that it was not
Robocalls on FTC hit list
How many people are going to write in to a telemarketer and ask, please, include me on your list of households that receive robocalls?...
Commissioners debut as expected
There were no pressing broadcast items on Thursday’s FCC Open Meeting, but we can say that political considerations made by each side of the...
MA Democrats moving toward interim senator
It was pure naked political motivation that led Massachusetts Democrats to strip the state’s governor of the right to appoint an interim US senator...
WIP whipped with $4K fine
Actually, CBS’s Philadelphia AM WIP was rewhipped, since it was protesting an assessment of a fine for a contest rule violation. The station was...
Special election in Massachusetts’ future
The passing of Ted Kennedy has opened a seat in the Senate that has been filled for 47 years. And the family grip goes back to 1947 when JFK first earned
FTC gears up for journalism confab
The Federal Trade Commission is teeing up a comprehensive, no-holds-barred two day session on the pitiful state of modern journalism 12/1-2/09. Called “From Town...
A positive development at the FCC
The focus of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski may or may not benefit broadcasters, but it does seem to be having the effect of putting...
Meet the rookies
The FCC’s Open Meeting for August, on the schedule for Thursday 8/27/09 at 10AM Eastern, holds little of interest to broadcasters. The items on...