FCC wins one in court
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati on Friday upheld rules adopted by the FCC that made it easier for Verizon, AT&T and others to...
Broadcasters rally the locals
The FCC’s localism proceeding, which dates back to 2004, had drawn 116,116 filings when we checked on Friday. If you exclude brief text comments filed on the FCC’s website, the count is only 4,896...
Boston pirate told to pay up
Richard Clouden didn’t respond when the FCC sent him a notice of apparent liability for a $10,000 fine for operating a pirate radio station...
Brokers want more from the FCC
The National Association of Media Brokers (NAMB) says its members support the FCC’s goals of encouraging minority ownership and barring discriminatory practices in the...
Non-com settles with FCC on EAS
When an FCC field agent visited KCEC-FM Wellton (Yuma), AZ on April 8, 2005, the agent found that the station had EAS equipment, but...
NAB says satellite arguments don’t hold water
Noting that both DirecTV and Dish Network have repeatedly used capacity arguments in the pass to try to get out of carrying all broadcast...
On second thought…
KJLA-TV Ventura, CA has wanted for some time to race into the digital transition and shut off its analog Channel 57 signal, leaving only...
Mercury buzzed by FCC for $16K
KMTW-TV in Hutchinson KS made an error. For about a month and a half from the very end of May to the middle of...
Happy birthday, FCC
To hear former FCC Commisioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth tell it, he may well have wished that his job there was unnecessary. In a blog post,...
Down on the pharm
Pharmaceutical companies have come to partial agreement with House Energy and Commerce Committee stalwarts John Dingell (D-MI) and Bart Stupak (D-MI), with the result...
Still acting, after all these months
Meredith Atwell-Baker hadn’t even gotten the “acting” out of her title over at NTIA, where she was shepherding the digital-to-analog converter box coupon program...
MMTC asks for corrections to diversity package
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council is generally pleased with FCC efforts to promote minority and female ownership of communications licenses, but believes the...
Analog sales action, with a twist
Two new consent decrees taking aim at the sale of analog only receiving equipment to consumers have interesting and unusual new angles. Conn’s Inc....
Legislators leery of royalties
Perhaps we were a bit premature in our recent comments on the prospects of performance royalties in Congress. If your perspective is limited to...
More than a reign delay for latest Open Meeting
We pun, because profoundly delayed Open Meetings have been a relatively frequent occurrence under the reign of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. But this one...