FCC set to examine emergency preparedness
The focus of a 9/16/08 special FCC meeting will be communications in the event of a catastrophic health emergency. The session
Clear Channel didn’t go far enough from Fargo
James Ingstad owns KFGO-AM, along with a full complement of market cluster mates, in the Fargo ND-Moorhead MN market. But Clear Channel is getting...
FCC Diversity Committee Arbitron probe shot down
There will be no rapid-fire FCC investigation of Arbitron’s PPM technology, as requested by the FCC’s own Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in...
Copps bemoans city of license rulings
At first glance, it looks like a battle of behemoths. Citadel wants to move KFME-FM Garden City MO into the Kansas City market; CBS and Entercom want the move blocked
Flagler Beach migration proves costly
In a way, you almost have to admire the can-do spirit of Halifax Christian Church in Flagler Beach FL, a few odometer clicks up...
FCC Diversity Committee wants CSI of PPM
One of the FCC’s advisory committees has taken aim at Arbitron. The issue is Arbitron’s stranglehold on the radio ratings business, its introduction of...
Broadcasting put on the back burner
It has been a slow year in Washington for broadcasters – not necessarily a bad thing – and it figures to continue along those lines. There are two overarching reasons for this. The first is
FCC won’t shrink bid penalties
Six broadcast companies withdrew bids during FM Auction No. 37 on seven CPs and watched as the sticks-to-be languished into Auction No. 62 where they were claimed at
FCC takes DTV into the green
One of the last things anybody wants is a sudden influx of hundreds of millions of discarded analog television sets into America’s dumps. The...
Indecency down for the count?
Have the language watchdogs scored a knock-out punch against the forces of indecency? Probably not – there are certainly edgy performers out there poised to slip over the line
CommComm to look at e-ads
It’s not the ads so much as what online operators can do with the underlying information that concerns members of the Senate Commerce Committee. “Individuals and businesses are becoming
Republican commissioners hail court video competition decision
Both FCC Chairnan Kevin Martin and Commissioner Robert McDowell praised a 6th Circuit decision that will help pave the way for telco entry into...
Rehr error?
A report by R&R from The Conclave media event has it that NAB President/CEO David Rehr admitted that the NAB didn’t leap into the...
DTV Consumer education initiative
On June 16, the Commission announced that beginning July 10, the FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Reports will be filed through CDBS. Broadcasters should recall that the first report was completed
FCC wins one in court
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati on Friday upheld rules adopted by the FCC that made it easier for Verizon, AT&T and others to...