When friends get too close
D.B.Zwirn was a financial backer of radio group Tama Broadcasting Inc., licensee of several stations in Florida and Georgia. A complainant charged that Zwirn...
Surprising fish to fry at Judiciaries
We took a peek into the websites of the two Congressional Judiciary Committees yesterday morning to see if anything was coming up regarding the...
JBU gets a reduction
This is a classic “big whoop” story that dates back to 2004, when KLRC-FM licensee John Brown University was hit with a $9K public...
Republicans get their subcom act together
We’re over a month into the lifespan of the 111th Congress, and the Republican leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has finally...
DC, Utah may shake up Capitol Hill
The House of Representatives may be ready to grow by two seats – one a new voting seat for the extremely Democratic District of...
Web contest will cost KOST
Clear Channel’s KOST-FM Los Angeles told the FCC that a contest it ran on the station’s website to give away tickets to “Les Miserables”...
Moves in the ComComms
Democrats in the House Energy and Commerce Committee hava added a vice-chair, and over at the Senate Committee, a communications subcommittee has been reconstituted....
Ad nauseum in the noncom world
A pair of noncoms, one FM and one TV, have been hit with FCC fines for straying over the underwriting line into the realm...
FCC proceedings percolating under the radar
Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps told reporters that he’s trying to change the culture of the FCC, and to refocus its mission during his...
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...