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
Some holes apparently have a purpose
After receiving complaints about Perihelion Global’s WTKN-AM Corinth MS, and FCC agent called to arrange an inspection with Perihelion. They went unreturned. A few...
RTNDA wants FCC to close sponsorship study
The Radio Television News Directors Association has joined with other media groups in telling the FCC that sponsorship identification rules already in place are...
Time extended for FM power comments
The FCC Media Bureau is considering proposals for an FM power boost associated with the switch to digital broadcasting, and numerous related issues pertaining...
Timing is everything
You wouldn’t think Red Lion PA, home of Red Lion Broadcasting’s Christian indy WGCB-TV, has or has had any connection whatsoever to Washington DC....
Gone but not forgotten?
Try gone but not gone. Henry Waxman (D-CA) may be running the show in the House Energy and Commerce Committee going forward, but Speaker...
Wardrobe malfunction could be going all – the – way
All the way to the Supreme Court, that is, if the FCC gets its way. CBS defeated a $550K FCC fine for Janet Jackson’s...
Waxman defeats Dingell
The seniority system in the House of Representatives took a hit as Henry Waxman (D-CA) claimed the Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee...
Stevens out, Dingell on the bubble
It’s almost official –Ted Stevens (R-AK) has lost his Senate seat to Mark Begich (D-AK), who has a lead of over 3.7K votes with...
Look for fast action at FCC
When a new administration gear up for the transfer of power in Washington, it is common to speculate on the identities of people likely to be tapped for major cabinet posts. Speculation on the FCC
Situation even murkier for Stevens
A Senate Republican colleague of Ted Stevens (R-AK) says the votes are there to force him out of the party. But before taking that...
AM gone wild
Problems with 1150 WNDB-AM Daytona Beach FL were causing it to wander up and down the dial of a standard car radio operated by...
Win one for the Gipser?
As the popular Washington sport of nominee-guessing continues, one name keeps rising higher than most of the others when it comes to the successor...
What if you scheduled a grilling…
...and the main entrée failed to show up? The Democrats on a key House subcommittee are prepared to release a report on the management practices of the Kevin Martin FCC, and are concerned