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...
Former Rep finds a niche on cable
JC Watts, who used to go around with (R-OK) after his name as a member of the Oklahoma delegation to the House of Representatives,...
NAB spot-lighting local community service
The National Association of Broadcasters is not just encouraging stations to super-serve their local communities. It's offering a central location to plan and execute...
Shield prospects looking good
Both houses of Congress have been doing just about everything but passing a federal shield law that would guarantee the right of reporters to...
Republican proxy in middle of duel
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is wondering why an electronic identifier on a political ad points to its rival National Republican Congressional Committee, and...