First ruling of a hamstrung FEC
Staff at the Federal Election Commission has issued an advisory opinion based on requests from SpeechNow.org and FreeCause Inc. The SpeechNow question asked for...
One good hearing deserves another
The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet is going to chew up the DTV Transition topic 2/13/08, almost a full year before analog...
Lost in the translation
It seems like the frequency of license renewal challenges is picking up. The novelty of some them certainly is, like the informal objection filed...
Kaiser finds non-profits want more PSA time
The average amount of time allocated to public service announcements on video distribution entities is 17 seconds per hour, according to a new Kaiser...
14 AM apps hit the skids
The FCC did not receive necessary paperwork for 14 singleton AM Auction 84 applications by the 9/26/07 deadline, and therefore has summarily dismissed them....
No help for Kucinich in Washington or Cleveland
As predicted, the FCC cited the First Amendment as one reason for it to stay out of the dispute between Democratic long-shot presidential candidate...
Kucinich takes beef to FCC
CNN says participants in a South Carolina Democratic debate need to meet two criteria: A third-place of better finish in a contest sanctioned by...
CBO prices S.2332
That's the Byron Dorgan (D-ND) bill that would set up extra hoops for the FCC any time it wishes to change a rule impacting...
FCC set for further space exploration
That's as in white space, the spectrum in the television zone between licensed broadcast channels, which is being targeted big time by high-tech companies...
Another pirate walks the plank
Nicolas Paula is a member of the spectrum buccaneer community, New York market division. His unlicensed station was caught operating on 94.5 MHz in...
House panel ready to get back to work on DTV
The John Dingell (D-MI)/Ed Markey (D-MA) Show is not reliant on Hollywood writers, and it is ready to go on national TV (C-SPAN, most...
FEC wins court battle
A film called "Hillary: The Movie" is ready to enter the fray of the 2008 campaign, and its backers/creators want to make it available...
Hear ye, hear ye
Broadcast issues of interest to the non-profit sector are on the schedule for discussion in the upcoming weeks, one from the private sector and...
Copyright champion Berman may be on the move
The retirement of Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) due to illness may open up the top slot at the House Foreign Affairs Committee for Howard...
The gripes of wrath, 1H 2007
The FCC was a little slow getting out its report on consumer inquiries and complaints for 2007, which are usually released on a quarterly...