Journalists fight misguided animal cruelty restraints
The Supreme Court is being asked to rule that any depiction of animal cruelty be criminalized. The RTNDA and other journalist organizations argue that such a rule would make it impossible to cover cruelty
FCC’s cross purposes
It is time once again for the FCC to extend the time during which it will consider the request for an extension of time to maintain waivered cross-owned combinations pending the eventual, perhaps
FCC 8th Floor to full strength today
Republican Commissioner pick Meredith Attwell Baker was officially sworn into office Friday afternoon by new chair Julius Genachowski, and the newest Democrat, Mignon Clyburn,...
Coalition of associations attacks McCain-Feingold
A group of ten state broadcaster associations led by Don Hicks, President of the Missouri Broadcasters Association, wonders why broadcast
Dismay over LMA
James J. Chladek’s WXMC-AM in Parsippany-Troy Hill NJ (part of the Morristown NJ market) has just been hit with a $4K fine on grounds...
RNCC has jam-packed 2010 dance card
The Republican Party needs to unseat 40 Democrats (and hold all of its own seats) if it wants to retake the House of Representatives, which fell to the
Hutchison on the way out
Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) has told local a Texas radio station that she is leaving the Senate later this...
TV star touts elections hearing
Actor Sam Waterson is on Capitol Hill pushing a hearing on a bill which would promote a new campaign finance system based on small...
El Paso noncom drops out of orbit
The FCC has sided with DirecTV in a carriage dispute brought by noncommercial KSCE-TV in El Paso TX. It all boils down to a...
Commerce considers CPB candidate
Patricia D. Cahill will be joining several other job applicants at a Senate Commerce session as she seeks confirmation to join the Corporation for...
Drug ads remain in the crosshairs
Whether on grounds of questionable authority, decency or standing the test of time, members of Congress still have it in for direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical ads....
FCC draws to a full house
The Federal Communications Commission will be back to full strength just as soon as Mignon Clyburn (D) and Meredith Attwell Baker (R) take their oaths. The US Senate on Friday approved
Senate wants millions for Iranian radio
The US Senate voted unanimously to adopt bipartisan legislation designed to help strengthen the ability of the Iranian people get access to news and
One cancelled, one not scheduled
Yesterday’s scheduled Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet hearing, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission” was scrubbed. But more interesting may be a...
LPFM ordered to pay up for ad violation
This one has been kicking around the FCC for awhile. An low power FM station licensed to Georgetown TX (Austin market) was turned in for going above and beyond the definition of underwriting back in