FCC blocks interference plan
Noncommercial Spirit Radio of North Florida tried to upgrade its WWLC-FM Cross City FL, only to be denied by the FCC. That’s because a...
Conyers ready to tee up issues
H.R. 848, otherwise known as the Performance Rights Act, will get the attention of the full House Judiciary Committee under John Conyers (D-MI) next...
Intramural intrigue on Republican side of Senate
Two Republican senators may be endangered by attacks from within their own party. One is in the year-in year-out battleground state of Pennsylvania where...
Doubling down on a file fine
KSJB-AM and KSJZ-FM Jamestown ND, owned by Chesterman Communications, both had program/issues lists missing from their public files for a lengthy period of time,...
More changes in store on FCC 8th Floor
Indications are that the addition of a new chairman isn’t the only change coming at the FCC commissioner level. One current Democrat may be...
Rave reviews for FCC blocking study
President Bush signed the Child Safe Viewing Act into law last December, and two key members of the Senate Commerce Committee are applauding the FCC’s resolve to get down to work
Station not only survives, it gets big discount
Boston area station WDIS-AM Norfolk MA, licensed to Discussion Radio Inc., was not only looking at a $16.5K fine, it was facing an existential...
It’s official: Genachowski to FCC
President Barack Obama: "I can think of no one better than Julius Genachowski to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He will...
FCC launches inquiry into advanced blocking tech
The Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007, adopted in December 2008, is not before the public. It instructs the FCC to issue a notice of inquiry to determine
FTC’s gripes of wrath
The Federal Trade Commission fielded over 1.2M consumer complaints in 2008, and the bad news is that broadcasters were among the top 20 topics...
Conyers tees up performance royalty
The full House Judiciary Committee under John Conyers (D-MI) is scheduled to hear arguments for and against H.R. 848, the "Performance Rights Act" next...
It’s still all DTV all the time at the FCC
At least that’ll be the case for the Open Meeting portion of FCC operations. Next Thursday 3/5/09, the three sitting commissioners will hear about...
File under busted
A pair of public file violations pending since the summer of 2005 have been dispatched by the FCC. KWSC-FM Wayne NE, licensed to Wayne...
Third try for Commerce: Is it a Locke?
After failing to make Commerce Secretary Bill Richardson and Judd Gregg stick, the Obama administration is hoping that the selection of former Washington State...
Leibowitz headed to FTC chair?
FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz may be moving to the big chair – he’s been at the agency since 2004. He would replace Republican William...