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...
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...