FCC to hold second August meeting
In a conference call earlier, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin hoped to address certain issues on circulation. Three apparently went unresolved, and will be addressed...
Another pirate collared
An FM band buccaneer plying the noncommercial zone in Brooklyn NY has been apprehended by the FCC. Jean Idalbert was working 90.9 MHz without...
Media ownership parties arm wrestling over venue
Around, around the wheel it goes, where it stops, nobody knows. That could be how a court in Las Vegas or Atlantic City might...
Americans split on Fairness
Rasmussen Reports has taken the pulse of average citizens, and 47% believe that the government should take steps to assure that conservative and liberal...
Watchdog wonders if McCain is plotting with 527s
Accountable America, a political watchdog founded by Tom Matzzie, is questioning a meeting being held between John McCain (R-AZ) and some of his donors....
Northeastern Republicans dwindling and vulnerable
Democrats added 11 seats to their ranks in the nine states comprising the Northeast region in 2006. Freshmen are often inviting targets for the...
FCC OKs Twin Falls deal
KSNQ-FM Twin Falls has FCC approval to pass from James E. Martin, Jr. to Patricia S. Woods, who also is approved to send the...
PAC attack
The Federal Election Commission has reported a 1.3% increase over the total reported 1/1/08 in political action committees. These groups have an interest in...
Could reinstated doctrine be contagious?
That’s what Republican Commissioner Robert McDowell told a gathering at the Business and Media Institute. He noted the worries of conservative Talkers that the Fairness Doctrine may be
Market shift leaves Nassau FM high and dry
When Nassau Broadcasting applied to acquire WWHK(FM), Concord NH from a subsidiary of Capitol Broadcasting Corporation, and set up a JSA during the interim...
White space tests at NFL game called failure
The Sports Video Group says that tests conducted by the FCC over the weekend at a preseason NFL football game between the Buffalo Bills...
Fleeting case, briefly
A consortium of state broadcaster associations has weighed in with the Supreme Court in the case pitting Fox (and implicitly, all broadcasters) against the FCC. And another brief has surfaced
Multicultural merits a move
What happens when you have a grandfathered six-AM cluster and you want to move one of them? Unfortunately, it ultimately means you have to...
Goin’ to the show
The NAB Radio Show in Austin TX will feature FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, NAB announced yesterday. The Democrat is expected to address issues such...
The Best Buy things in life are free?
Well, not really, and Best Buy stands to make a buck off of this, but it is also undeniably a public service from the...