NAB says satellite arguments don’t hold water
Noting that both DirecTV and Dish Network have repeatedly used capacity arguments in the pass to try to get out of carrying all broadcast...
On second thought…
KJLA-TV Ventura, CA has wanted for some time to race into the digital transition and shut off its analog Channel 57 signal, leaving only...
Mercury buzzed by FCC for $16K
KMTW-TV in Hutchinson KS made an error. For about a month and a half from the very end of May to the middle of...
Happy birthday, FCC
To hear former FCC Commisioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth tell it, he may well have wished that his job there was unnecessary. In a blog post,...
Down on the pharm
Pharmaceutical companies have come to partial agreement with House Energy and Commerce Committee stalwarts John Dingell (D-MI) and Bart Stupak (D-MI), with the result...
Still acting, after all these months
Meredith Atwell-Baker hadn’t even gotten the “acting” out of her title over at NTIA, where she was shepherding the digital-to-analog converter box coupon program...
MMTC asks for corrections to diversity package
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council is generally pleased with FCC efforts to promote minority and female ownership of communications licenses, but believes the...
Analog sales action, with a twist
Two new consent decrees taking aim at the sale of analog only receiving equipment to consumers have interesting and unusual new angles. Conn’s Inc....
Legislators leery of royalties
Perhaps we were a bit premature in our recent comments on the prospects of performance royalties in Congress. If your perspective is limited to...
More than a reign delay for latest Open Meeting
We pun, because profoundly delayed Open Meetings have been a relatively frequent occurrence under the reign of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. But this one...
Chamber goes to bat for broadcasters
“The broadcast industry must not be shackled with onerous rules that would hinder its ability to compete.” Sounds like something the NAB might say, but in fact these are the words of William L. Kovacs
Cox prevails over dual denial attempts
The $60M acquisition of six stations in the Athens GA vicinity by Cox Radio from Paul Stone’s Southern Broadcasting Companies has been granted by...
Adelstein attacks propaganda
Many FCC commissioners adopt a signature issue as their own special concern, and for Jonathan Adelstein (D) that issue has been sponsorship identification and...
Station hung-up with FCC fine
The manager of the Davenport Hotel and Tower, Matt S. Jensen, had a problem with ProActive Communication’s KQQB-FM, serving the Spokane WA market from...
Sometimes what doesn’t happen is what’s interesting
Although he was not on the preprinted guest list, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was a prominent member of the first panel to appear at...