Early to bed, early to rise
If your AM station is operating with special pre-sunrise (PSRA) and post-sunset (PSSA) authority, the FCC has fired off a reminder that the new...
WSJ lends Martin a helping hand
Most of the commentary on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's plans to bring media ownership rules up for a December vote has been severely negative,...
Antitrust watchdogs aren't backing down
If you thought, as many on Wall Street apparently did, that a federal judge's refusal to block the acquisition of Wild Oats by Whole...
FCC puts localism on the Halloween docket
The FCC's October Open Meeting will include the final localism forum in the set begun way back under former Chairman Michael Powell. It will...
Will Supremes enter expletive fray?
The Second Circuit ruled in favor of programmers when it considered FCC fines over the utterance of fleeting expletives, including the f-bomb, on live...
Others have spoken: Cue Hinchey
You didn't need the Hubble Telescope to see this coming. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) is right on top of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's plans to...
Copps presses for News Corp/Dow Jones hearing
Commissioner Michael Copps is still upset about the pending 5.6 billion bucks acquisition of Dow Jones & Co. by News Corporation and is insisting...
FCC will not help with zone defense
John Stokes and his Skyline Broadcasters are trying to upgrade KGEZ-AM in Kalispell MT. The station has had an easement since 1949 allowing its...
Dorgan comes out with guns blazing
If the FCC is planning to act on media ownership by 12/18/07, "they should understand they are going to be in for a huge...
LPFM vote in the offing
The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a mark-up for 10/30/07. Included on the agenda is S.1675 Local Community Radio Act of 2007. Its main...
Ownership profile won't stay low
Broadcast hearings on Capitol Hill, no matter which aspect of the industry they are addressing, tend to be a hot ticket. Strong opinions rein,...
Dingell calls for slow-down
It is becoming clearer by the minute that Democrats with an opinion about media ownership rules do not want the FCC making any, probably...
Cross-ownership: NAB appeals for repeal
If consolidation of media ownership is such a bad thing, there should be empirical evidence of the harm, said the National Association of Broadcasters...
Watchdogs, broadcasters, labels to converge on the Hill
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has a panel set up representing a wide range of interests for hits hearing today on...
Report says Tribune deal is a bargaining chip
For Tribune's 8.2B privatization to go forward, it needs to have newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership restrictions either waived temporarily or lifted altogether. Los Angeles Times is...