DTV-Day on Capitol Hill
Instead of storming the beaches of Normandy, a few lucky regulators will be storming the slopes of Capitol Hill next week. On Thursday, 10/17/07,...
Martin pushes LPFM and DTV leasing
How can the FCC help more small businesses get into the communications field? In an appearance before the House Small Business Committee, FCC Chairman...
Waxman says conservative radio not under scrutiny
American Spectator published a story noting a two-pronged plan among Democrats to exploit the recent remarks of Rush Limbaugh. One is to use his...
Vermont noncom net rebuffs license challenge
Peter D. Moss picked a bone with Vermont Public Radio on 1/18/06, and just over a week later, Peggy Sapphire picked another. Moss was...
FCC kicking off another round of white space tests
Earlier FCC tests of unlicensed devices designed to operate in the open spectrum between operating television stations have not yet yielded satisfactory results. But...
Working on DTV
The FCC is planning a series of workshops which will address what it believes are special needs groups regarding the switch to digital television...
Blackwater focuses attention in Iraq
Most of the time, the debate over US policy in Iraq gets more attention in the US media than do actual events there, but...
Legislators criticize premature white space initiative
Two Republican senators and two democratic Representatives have expressed their concerns over allowing unlicensed devices to be introduced into the spectrum holes between television...
ConAgra gets aboard anti-obesity express
Yet another major food producer is voluntarily taking steps to avoid marketing sweet, fatty and/or salty food to youngsters. ConAgra says it is setting...
Weight loss guru complains about FTC intervention
Kevin Trudeau has a book out called "Weight Loss Cures They Don't Want You to Know About." The FTC makes no secret of its...
MMTC finds 48 companies to do its replying for it
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council has submitted a long laundry list of things the FCC can do now, things it can consider doing,...
Money, money, money
Republican presidential candidates have weighed in with their latest fund-raising results, according to the Associated Press. The momentum appears to be with Rudy Giuliani...
Got something to say?
The perfect time to say it is right around the corner. The Media Institute is getting set to kick off Freedom of Speech week,...
Support builds behind shield victory
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) met with journalists last week urging their help in keeping momentum behind the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007,...
FCC off the hook for document suppression
The FCC's Inspector General could find no evidence that there was any attempt by senior officials to suppress documents on topics related to media...