Fee for all: FY 2008
The FCC, which is essentially self-funded, is looking to collect $312M in user fees for FY 2008. Expect the usual upward adjustments as time...
FCC Burns Centennial in non-compete case
Would you believe that Centennial Broadcasting’s win in court was a direct cause of its loss at the FCC? Not only did it lose...
NAB fighting rule rollback
It’s not bad enough that the NAB didn’t get much out of the FCC’s court-ordered reworking of broadcast ownership rules – pressure is already...
Are broadcasters liable in Pentagon/ex-General scheme?
This is just the latest episode in the ongoing pay-for-say saga that has come out of various government agencies under the Bush administration, but it may be the most significant.
Everybody wants to get into the act
We knew the DTV transition would be THE hot topic in Washington this year, especially among the usual suspects at the two Commerce Committees....
File this under LPTV nailed
Do you think the FCC is still serious about public file maintenance? Sage Broadcasting has a low power television station serving up MyNetworkTV to...
Second lease on life in Riverhead
WRIV-AM Riverhead NY, licensed to Crystal Coast Communications, found itself unlicensed, in possession of deleted call letters and ordered off the air. The cause...
FCC won’t say no to KNOE deal
Opus Broadcasting Monroe thinks there are too many Holladay’s operating in the Monroe LA market, and that’s a good reason to turn down a...
Please exempt me, let me show
Christian Broadcasting Network’s “700 Club” and Telepictures’ “TMZ” have both asked for and received FCC blessings on an news/information exemption from the equal time...
House panels teeing up communications
Two of the Energy and Commerce subcommittees are holding sessions next week which bump up against broadcast territory.
Ink continues to be spilled over localism
Add John Ensign (R-NV) to the growing list of legislators expressing strong reservations about the FCC’s myriad proposals to attempt to promote localism in broadcasting. "These proposals all represent a step backward toward the government re-regulation of our nation's airwaves," wrote Sen. Ensign.
Martin headed for an oral exam?
Martin has seemed to be trying everything he can think of to shake the impression that he operates the FCC as a fiefdom, with all major decisions made in secret.
Local broadcasters take on FCC initiatives
The Virginia Association of Broadcasters has joined with members operating in the Charlottesville market to express opposition to the FCC’s localism mandates in the...
One good fine deserves another
It’s one thing to operate from the wrong coordinates. It’s another to fail to power down when the sunset, as called for in a...
The price of compliance
One of the most obvious truths about broadcasting is that radiated signals do not respect political boundaries. And people, and by extension, the public...