Pennsylvania pulling PPTN funding
Facing tough budget choices, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) has opted to discontinue funding for the Pennsylvania Public Television Network. According to the Pittsburgh...
Copps to meet the press
Awhile back word got out that the official nomination of Julius Genachowski to be Chairman of the FCC was due any moment. Many, many...
KDKA gets away with $6K for $1M joke
When KDKA Pittsburgh talent Marty Griffin announced that the 13th lucky caller would win $1M dollars already at the CBS Radio-owned station and hand-cuffed...
The ouch outlasts the license
WQMA AM 1520 in Marks MS is no longer a licensed station. Nevertheless, its former licensee, Jason Konarz, has been ordered by the FCC...
New New Hampshire Senator has broadcasting resume
Bonnie Newman, the expected replacement for Judd Gregg (R-NH) when he makes his equally expected move to the Obama cabinet as Secretary of Commerce,...
It’s all DTV, all the time at FCC Open Meeting
Michael Copps’ first FCC Open Meeting as acting Chairman will feature three panels, the first and last dealing with the DTV transition and sandwiching...
New names atop Commerce
As expected, Judd Gregg (R-NH) will be exiting the Senate to join the Obama administration as Secretary of Commerce. And coming with him will...
Watchdog field expands and other targets
Americans United for Change are taking their with Limbaugh or with the people campaign to three more states, targeting Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr...
Gregg cabinet post would leave Senate balance unaltered
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has said that if Judd Gregg (R-NH) exits to take over the Department of Commerce for Barack Obama,...
McDowell reiterates call for FCC reform
Robert McDowell underscored the positive efforts Acting Chairman Michael Copps has already made at the FCC in an address to the FCC Bar Association,...
Seismic shift in store for Senate?
The rumor mill late last week was running hot and heavy with word that Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) was being considered by the Obama...
Tate surfaces at MMTC
Former FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate is one of two new board members at the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, where she is expected...
Copps issues his first Sunshine notice
The initial FCC Open Meeting under Acting Chairman Michael Copps will be held next Thursday, 2/5/09, at 2PM in the FCC digs in Southwest...
Copps holds off on FCC facelift
Acting FCC Commissioner thanked lone Republican Robert McDowell for his remarks on Commission procedures while it awaits the arrival of a new permanent chair....
Cable getting a kinder, gentler FCC?
A dispute between cable companies and independent program suppliers was referred to an administrative law judge, than yanked back for FCC consideration after the...