FCC nominees on Senate fast-track
It looks like Mignon Clyburn (D) and Meredith Attwell Baker (R) could be seated at the FCC before next week is over. The Senate...
Clear sailing for FCC nominees
It was a love fest on Capitol Hill as members of the Senate Commerce Committee quizzed FCC nominees Mignon Clyburn (D) and Meredith Attwell...
Broadcasters outgunned on Capitol Hill
Members of the Fox Television Affiliates Association are hoping to get some rule changes put in place that would put some restraints on the pricing power of
Three more senators oppose Performance Royalties
Already holding a majority in the House, NAB is now touting the addition of three more senators as co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom...
FCC working on journalism study
According to a report at CNSNews.com, the FCC’s Michael Copps has initiated a Notice of Inquiry on the state of journalism in America. Actually,...
Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines
The FCC expects to see your license renewal application a full four months before the license expires. You know that, right? If your license...
FCC bases ability to pay on gross, not net
Lancaster Educational Broadcasting Foundation is the licensee on non-commercial WFCO-FM in Lancaster OH. It went over the line from underwriting into commercial speech some...
AFM chides Radio One for ducking hearing
AFM President Thomas F. Lee said, “The American Federation of Musicians … is extremely disappointed by Radio One and its Chair Cathy Hughes’ decision...
Minority broadcast hearing sways to PRA
What was advertised as a House Judiciary Committee hearing on trends affecting minority broadcast ownership devolved at times into a discussion of John Conyers’ (D-MI) Performance Rights Act, which included
Minority ownership panel expanded
Originally scheduled for the Subcommittee on the Courts and Competition Policy, a hearing called “Trends Affecting Minority Broadcast Ownership” has been kicked upstairs to...
Update: Minority ownership hearing on for Thursday
The full House Judiciary Committee will, indeed, hold a hearing Thursday morning at 10:00 am on "Trends Affecting Minority Broadcast Onwership." The hearing was...
Shoveling metaphoric coal for Kohl
The FCC has been tasked with looking into the telecom business by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI), who is Chair of the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee...
FCC nears full strength
Commerce Committee Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has announced a hearing to go over the credentials of the two remaining FCC nominees. The Democrat is...
Minority ownership on the agenda
This should be a hot one: A House subcommittee plans to look at the state of minority ownership of broadcasting properties. The hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning. The panel is the
CommComm schedules spectrum markup
The Senate Commerce Committee is ready to order the FCC and NTIA to put on their green shade visors, sharpen their pencils and do...