NAB fights enhanced disclosure
Broadcasters already lead the league in federal regulation, says the NAB, and they do not want to be singled out for another burden not shared by their many new competitors.
Hooters tees and golf balls – get it?
Sage Communications KEGI-FM Jonesboro AR is getting its license renewed despite a two-issue challenge from American Heritage Media over incidents that have been kicking...
Senators decry the “specter of government regulated content”
Pat Roberts (R-KS) has fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin urging him to stay far away from getting into the program...
Let the sunshine in
The scheduled items to be considered at a monthly FCC open meeting are typically made public about a week prior to the date of...
Sometimes the story is what’s not on the agenda
Even though monopoly lovers over at Motley Fool remain in shock that the FCC has not yet ratified the DOJ’s stunning and inexplicable approval...
New FCC tool for FM prospectors
Looking for a place to shoehorn in yet another entrant onto the crowded FM band? The FCC has a brand new internet tool available...
Dorgan's disapproval sails through committee
Next stop: The floor of the Senate, for S.J. Res. 28, which will strip the effect from the FCC's 12/18/07 liberalization of media cross-ownership...
McDowell attacks reporting regimen
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell remembers when his home received "four main channels" on television. Now there are hundreds, and numerous other media competitors vying...
D-Day: Dorgan gets his vote today
The Senate Commerce Committee has a full slate of items to consider during today's mark-up session. It will look at protecting consumers of seafood, weigh in on bus accessibility, look into maritime pollution, and consider an FAA nominee, among other things.
Martin discusses broadband policy
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin outlined broad policies which he believe the FCC must keep in mind when considering internet service providers and their customers....
Bush cabinet pushes back on shield
It is well known that the Bush administration has an antipathy toward information leakers, and is firmly against enactment of a federal shield for...
House pushes Senate on federal shield
A bipartisan and ideologically diverse quarter of US Reps is urging Senate Majority and Minority leaders, Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), respectively,...
Legal eagle-eye view of EEO reports
The prospect of even more paperwork is apparently in the works at the FCC, and the attorneys at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC are sounding an alarm.
CommComm tees up FCC repudiationd
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will finally begin to put his reprise of the Resolution of Disapproval up for a committee vote on Thursday 4/24/08.
Blackburn leads cavalry v. FCC
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is all for broadcast localism. She just doesn't believe that the way to achieve this "laudable goal" is to bury...