Obama FCC review team in place
And despite the presence of team members with key FCC paragraphs on their resumes, the nod is going to a pair of professors. Susan...
Commerce shakeup looking to be top-down
Two developments last week have made it likely that the changes on the Senate Commerce Committee will start right at the top. The members...
Shaking the Judiciary tree
And the loosened fruit is landing in House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyer’s (D-MI) own lap. According to reports, intellectual property matters, once under...
RTNDA head stepping down
Barbara Cochran, who has become a Washington broadcast institution, is planning to retire as President of the Radio-Television News Directors Association in June 2009....
Stevens loses his lead
The glacier paced count of absentee and provisional ballots in Alaska is dragging on, and as of this writing, a 3K vote lead help...
Experienced Obama transition team
Among 19 individuals helping to pave the way of the incoming Obama administration, four have experience in Washington communications circles. There a former FCC...
Time is of the essence
Did you know that the application to renew a broadcast license is due four months before the license expires? Jason Communications Inc., licensee of WDOW-AM and WHPD-FM in Dowagiac MI
NAB’s pitch to the new prez
As lobbyists ramp up for four years of a whole new administration in Washington, NAB President and CEO David Rehr is among those sending...
FCC waives deadline on waivers
But only for 30 days. Media companies interested in commenting on an extension of their waivers to operate newspaper/broadcast business combinations have an extra month to put together their thoughts
Commerce Committee shakeup in progress
The complexion of the Senate Commerce Committee will change right from the outset of the 111th Congress, and the changes may continue as the...
Rivera already at FCC
Former FCC Commissioner Henry Rivera isn’t gone and is not forgotten at his former place of employment. That’s because in addition to his duties at law firm Wiley Rein and Fielding, he is chair of the
FCC tees up hurricane response overview
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is holding a conference 12/11/08 to assess the response of communications response systems in a session...
Seeking diversity in public interest requirements
The administration of Barack Obama, still over two-months shy of taking office, is hitting the ground running. In fact, an entire website dedicated to...
CommComm change in the works
Ted Stevens (R-AK) wasn’t the only member of the Senate Commerce Committee locked in a close race that went unresolved on Election Day. However,...
Congressional heavy hitters lock horns
Many are expecting conflict on the Republican side of the aisle in Capitol Hill in the wake of a second consecutive disappointing election season,...