House double-teams the FCC
Spurred by Senate anti-consolidation point man Byron Dorgan (D-ND), the Senate Commerce Committee is planning a session of media ownership and localism this Thursday,...
Commerce Committee keeping the heat on
The echoes from the last speaker at the FCC forum on localism in Washington had just barely died away, and already the Senate Commerce...
Dems cry foul as Martin heads to Seattle
The FCC announced late Friday that a hearing on localism would be conducted just one week hence in Seattle, as Chairman Kevin Martin (R)...
Will Supremes weigh in on fleeting expletives?
We don't know if the Supreme Court will agree to hear an FCC appeal of the Second Circuit court ruling in favor of Fox...
Colbert gets 18.75% of the SC vote
The two-party presidential campaign of Comedy Central personality Stephen Colbert has been derailed. His plan was to run in one primary state, his native...
Radio gets boost from House resolution
An impressively bipartisan House Concurrent Resolution 244 has been introduced into the record by a pair of Texans representing both major parties, Gene Green...
RTNDA wants FCC off Comcast's case
The FCC has no business levying fines on Comcast news service CN8 for running video news releases on its cable network, says the Radio-Television...
FCC expands franchising guideline
When the FCFC established "rules and guidance" to prohibit local franchise authorities "from unreasonably refusing to award competitive franchises for the provision of cable...
FCC gets an earful on localism
NAB's Marcellus Alexander pointed out at yesterday's FCC Localism Forum that broadcasters cater to their local audience or they go out of business. Eleven...
Commissioners sound off
FCC Democrats Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein are treating the upcoming court-ordered review of media ownership rules with extreme skepticism. Republican Deborah Taylor Tate,...
Panel named for House Commerce DTV session
Hearst-Argyle's David Barrett; Dennis Swanson from Fox Television Stations; and Univision CEO Joe Uva will be joining other stakeholders in yet another Congressional oversight...
LPFM clears Committee
The Senate Commerce Committee yesterday considered S.1675 Local Community Radio Act of 2007 in a mark-up session. We use the term "considered" loosely, since...
Senators request new hearing on net neutrality
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have reached across the aisle in the past to promote the concept of network neutrality. Concerns about...
Edwards attacks pharma ads
Presidential candidate John Edwards (D-NC) believes that advertising is one of the reasons the cost of pharmaceuticals is rising so quickly, and is calling...
Watching campaign coverage
The Project for Excellence in Journalism, along with the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and the Pew Research Center...