For whom the CP tolls
Koors Communications has lost its appeal of its failure to receive an extension on the CP for WQTH-AM Claremont NH. Koors particularly objects to...
Stevens may face final vote in Senate
Ted Stevens (R-AK) won 63% of the vote in last week’s Alaska primary, earning the right to run for a 7th full term in the US Senate
K-TUU, Brute? Broadcaster on the ticket
Let us be the first, and likely the only media outlet to get a Shakespeare pun out of this. With that out of the...
Broadcast issues off topic as usual
Another presidential acceptance speech has come and gone, and as per usual, there was not a single solitary mention of a single solitary broadcasting...
DirecTV drops the ball for costly EEO error
For two years, satellite MVPD DirecTV “relied solely on the Internet or non-public sources, such as employee referrals or walk-ins.” This constitutes inadequate recruitment techniques when it comes to
FTC shoots down another scammer
The advertising medium of choice for Zoilo Cruz’s International Marketing, but false advertising is false advertising, so we hereby note that the company has...
When fine is not so dandy
There is nothing new or exotic about maintaining a public file. In fact, the FCC is trying to ratchet up reporting requirements via its...
Stevens survives primaries
The scandal-plagued re-election campaign of Senate Commerce Committee stalwart Ted Stevens (R-AK) will steam into November. Despite facing a 9/22/08 court date over $250K...
Noncom survives Spak attack
Mario Fiorucci and Richard Aston, citizens in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market, filed to deny the license renew of noncommercial WRKC-FM, owned by Catholic-oriented Kings College....
LCD nailed for online analog TV sales
The FCC’s ban on selling analog television equipment, unless the equipment is accompanied by obvious warnings as to its imminent uselessness in picking up...
Fee file fo fum…
…we smell the blood of a delinquent bum. That’ll be the case for any FCC-beholden licensee that gets its FY 2008 regulatory fee payment...
Obama fighting 527 attack
The American Issues Project has been planning to spend $2.8M on ads attacking Barack Obama (D-IL) for a relationship with an individual who was a radical back in the turbulent 60s
Administration signals shield veto
Bipartisan bills to create a federal shield for reporters have been kicking around Washington for a few years now, and an Arlen Spector (R-PA)...
Biden his time?
Looking back to his run in this cycle’s Democratic primary, and like most candidates for federal office, Joe Biden (D-DE) did not spend vast...
Win for small cable as FCC meeting evaporates
Friday’s three-plank FCC Open Meeting disappeared into the ether. First two planks were eliminated Thursday night, and the final one was whisked away Friday...