FCC termed dysfunctional in E&C report
A House panel report charges the FCC of Chairman Kevin Martin with data manipulation, report suppression, secrecy and of fostering an employment “climate of...
More time to try for more time
For the second time recently, the FCC Media Bureau has granted an extention of time for companies seeking waivers of the cross-ownership rule to...
Somebody call the Copps
Ryan Blethen of the Seattle Times is looking forward to a new brand of media policy under the presidency of Barack Obama. And he...
Obama dwarfs fund-raising records
Counting donations up to and a bit beyond 11/4/08 (Election Day), the presidential campaign of Barack Obama brought in $745M, including over $100M during...
Republican CommComm picture even cloudier
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), the ranking member on the Republican side of the Commerce Committee, has announced the formation of an exploratory committee with...
Tate plugs Nestle
The latest food manufacturer to join the anti-childhood obesity bandwagon is Nestle. FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate applauded the company’s decision to limit its...
Richardson gets NTIA
Most of the journals lacking the laser-like focus of RBR/TVBR are reporting the nomination of NM Governor Bill Richardson to serve as Barack Obama’s...
FCC December agenda includes DTV translators
The five FCC commissioners will consider rules allowing translators for digital television stations that have experienced coverage-area shrinkage in the switch from analog to...
Loose end session likely at FCC December meet-up
The clock is running out on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, as well as on the run-up to the DTV transition. Look for a wide...
Watchdog helps hunt for new FCC chair
Free Press has taken to the pages of the inside-the-Beltway Washington press to describe its ideal candidate for the next opening at the FCC’s
File under agree to decree
The FCC had some problems with the public files kept by Utica College, licensee of noncommercial WPNR-FM in Utica NY. His generally results in...
Matthews moving from pundit to target?
The politicians who have found themselves in the verbal crosshairs of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews may someday soon find him on their side of the verbal shooting gallery. Widespread
FTC yanks cigarette justifier
Is there a way to prove that your brand of cigarette is less harmful than the other guy’s, and say as much in your...
Full-participation government?
Among the tenets of the Barack Obama innovation strategy is the promotion of policy which “catalyzes active citizenship and partnerships in shared governance with...
FCC starts clock on Ion/Urban deal
The unique transaction between Ion Media and Urban Television, an entity related to RLJ Companies and BET founder Robert Johnson, would make the two co-licensees of 52 television