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...
FOIA clears WH foyer forya
President Bush kicked off the new year, in part, by signing into law bipartisan legislation strengthening tghe Freedom of Information Act. Thr thrust of...
FCC prepares two more DTV workshops
The deadline for the digital television conversion is just over a year away, and the FCC is helping to move the ball forward with...
National committees break even in November
Both the Republicans and Democrats maintain three national election committees -- one each attached to the Senate (DSCC & NRSC), one each to the...
Deans call on FCC to focus on newsgathering
A group of deans from prominent journalism colleges have taken to the OpEd pages of the New York Times, urging the FCC to keep...