Ancient McCain FCC dealings dredged up
The flap over a New York Times story alleging a possibly improper relationship between presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain (R-AZ) and a communications...
Broadband bill in the works in the House
It doesn't even have a number yet, but a draft version of H.R. ___ is on the table for public discussion by Ed Markey's...
Promises, promises
It's easy to say you'll do something, and it's another to actually do it. The NAB would like the FCC to enforce a promise...
Battling meetings
The NAB and the FCC will be at loggerheads next Tuesday 2/26/08. The FCC is holding its February Open Meeting on that date, and...
Supremes get set to decide to decide
The FCC loss at the Second Circuit over its ability to levy punishment to broadcasters over instances of fleeting indecency has been appealed to...
There's a new watchdog in town
The mission of the National Hispanic Media Coalition is to "advance Latino employment and programming equity throughout the entertainment industry and to promote telecommunications...
Localism comments solicited
The FCC's NPRM on enhancing broadcast localism has officially made it into the Federal Register under MB Docket No. 04-233. The official publication date...
NAB commerce in campaign cash covers the bases
In last week's story of National Association of Broadcaster campaign contributions, we noted that among the beneficiaries of the NAB's generosity were prominent members...
Clear Channel hedging its bets?
Among the biggest political donors in the broadcast world for the 2008 election cycle is Clear Channel. Some will be surprised at where the...
Session cancelled
The Senate Commerce Committee has called off today's hearing on the DTV transition, which would have come just 24 hours after a similar session...
Commerce Chairs go straight to the top on DTV
Senate Commerce Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MA) aren't messing around. They would like an interagency task force...
A Martin, a Baker, a testimony-maker (or two)
The Commerce Committees have lined up their DTV witnesses, and the two key government representatives will be doing double duty. The hearing today at...
NAB's purple shading toward blue
The National Association of Broadcasters traditionally hands out cash to members of both political parties -- a key factor isn't necessarily which side of...
Dueling committees take on DTV
Both Commerce Committees have the DTV transition on the agenda this week. The House takes it up on Wednesday and the Senate follows suit...
Chief beef: Ferree weighs in on PSA mandates
Ken Ferree is President of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, but he was a key exec at the FCC under Michael Powell as Chief...