Stevens trial under way
There may be some big names called to testify in the trial of Ted Stevens (R-AK) on charges that he withheld information on value...
Repeat performances for Martin, Atwell-Baker, Goldstein
The Senate Commerce Committee’s sequel to last weeks House DTV hearing is pegged for tomorrow, 9/23/08 at 2:30 PM Eastern. Making an encore from...
FCC to tidy up pending file at this week’s meeting
This week’s 9/25/08 FCC Open Meeting has no less than 17 separate docket items to consider, and all but two concern the Media Bureau. But...
Groups push House on Resolution
Maybe we should have written “Groups PUSH,” since Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition is one of the organizations trying to get the House to endorse...
Further methods of ducking an FCC fine
This tale involves broadcast spectrum a bit to the north of the highest-slotted FM station, all the way up to 156.800 MHz, which is...
FCC not wild about station’s wildfire coverage
San Diego indy KUSI-TV was very active in covering wildfires in its broadcast area back in 2003. Although its focus on news is unusual...
Different Republicans, different emphasis
Republican Commissioners Deborah Taylor Tate and Robert McDowell addressed the National Religious Broadcasters Capitol Hill Media Summit in Washington this week. Each managed to
Enter Chairman Waxman
Media executives in general and broadcasters in particular, along with the government agency execs charged with their oversight, are by now well acquainted with...
Congressional ethics watch
No real news is the news on Capitol Hill when it comes to the two most ethically-challenged sitting members of Congress, in terms of...
Backfill issue colors Dripping Springs to Bee Cave move
When Border Media Partners applied to move its KXBT-FM from one Austin area town to another, specifically, from Dripping Springs TX to Bee Cave...
Senate panel tees up CPB board
The Senate Commerce Committee is going to get an earful from nominees for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Five are up for continued or...
The other Commerce Committee tees up DTV
Ed Markey’s House Commerce subcommittee is not wasting any time, now that Congress is back in session and also planning to exit ASAP to...
Trouble on Capitol Hill
Two members of Congress with something to say about matters of interest to broadcasters are embroiled in ethics scraps. The case of former Commerce...
NABOB spotlights issues in advance of confab
The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters 32nd Annual Fall Broadcast Management Conference is less than two weeks away, and it has an outline...
As predicted: DTV gets first dibs on the Hill
Ed Markey, the indefatigable congressional watchdog over the broadcasting industry, has wasted no time getting an issue on the agenda of his Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet