House back in session, Senate on the way
By the time you read this, members of the US House of Representatives will be back on their way to work. The first day...
Organizations moving DTV forward
The NAB hitchhiked onto an annual Washington DC event put together by one of the market's prominent network O&Os, NBC 5 WRC-TV. The event...
FCC set for first Open Meeting of 2008
The traditional format for the FCC January Open Meeting will be featured as per usual this week on Thursday, 1/17/08. Four panels will parade...
Wicker promoted; opponent recruited
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has reached into the state's US Congressional delegation to replace the now-retired Trent Lott (R-MS) in the US Senate....
CBS's WWFS-FM survives license challenge
Three individuals and a college group wanted the license renewal for CBS Radio's AC WWFS-FM in New York turned down by the FCC. They...
DTV conversion coming front and center
The public may not yet be sweating the DTV transition, but other sure are. According to the Associated Press, Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson...
Martin, somewhere over the Rainbow
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin addressed the Rainbow Push Coalition's 11th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit. He had a story to tell the minority...
As promised: FCC under investigation
The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has initiated its look at processes at the Kevin Martin FCC, as promised. In a...
NAB supports FM translators for AM stations
The National Association of Broadcasters reminded the FCC that AM broadcasters are often among the most locally-oriented stations of a locally-oriented medium, but that...
NAB weighs in on retrans
The National Association has filed reply comments with the FCC on the issue of retransmission negotiation with MVPDs. It bluntly states that many arguments...
Go south, young man
Sure, the 2008 election season has only just begun, and so far only two states have weighed in on the presidential campaign in any...
File remains an issue
Missing issues/program lists from the public file of Butte MT CBS affiliate KXLF-TV 4 have landed it in hot water with the FCC. How...
Anything goes in campaign 2008?
The Federal Election Commission is supposed to have six commissioners. Unlike most federal agencies, there is no numerical advantage granted to the party of...
Kucinich protests exclusion
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) filed a complaint with the FCC Friday over ABC’s decision to exclude him from its primetime debate broadcast Saturday from...
MGI used DLGS
Media General Inc. was one of the companies who benefited greatly from the FCC's 12/18/07 decision to allow numerous existing newspaper/broadcast in-market combinations to...