PTC, TV Watch cross sabers over content
Watchdog Parents Television Council is accusing broadcast networks of hijacking Family Hour, the period from 8:00PM-9:00PM. It says instances of "violence, profanity or sexual...
Fowler goes to bat for XM/Sirius
Former FCC Chairman Mark Fowler took to the pages of the New York Sun to suggest that the FCC and DOJ should step back...
FCC brushes aside aging petitions
Citizens objecting to the airing of allegedly indecent material have filed to deny license renewals for stations owned by Clear Channel and Emmis. In...
Bloggers get election exemption
Blogs such as The DailyKos, just like a broadcast station, newspaper, network or cable channel, are allowed to sell advertising AND promote various candidates...
FCC set to tee up TV/cable issues
At next week's 9/11/07 open meeting of the FCC, the commissioners will consider items on mandatory carriage of digital broadcast television signals after the...
Comcast rebuffed again on set-top box waiver
The full FCC has backed up the Media Bureau in denying Comcast a waiver of the rule requiring cable companies to incorporate CableCARD functionality,...
Court upholds FEC's 527 approach
Chris Shays (R-CT) and Marty Meehan (ex-D-MA) lost their challenge of a Federal Election Commission decision on 527 organizations in a decision related to...
FCC venues up in Chicago
The full FCC road show on media ownership plans to be in Chicago on 9/20/97, and now we know where. The forum will be...
License renewed, but a fine to pay
Israel G. Ybanez, a sole proprietor, failed to file a license renewal for KYMI-FM Los Ybanez, TX and continued to operate the station for...
Tribune fined for kidvid violations
Yet another TV station is facing a fine from the FCC for exceeding commercial time limits in children's programming. Tribune Company's KHCW-TV (Ch. 39,...
Changes coming on Capitol Hill?
Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) is under increasing pressure from fellow Republicans to resign and Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) is due back on Capitol Hill...
ACLU blasts FCC censorship
The American Civil Liberties Union blames the FCC for making some public television stations fearful of running the Ken Burns documentary "The War" because...
WDCG pedals to license renewal
Complaints by North Carolina bicycle enthusiasts that the "Bob and Madison Show" on WDCG-FM Raleigh-Durham put them in danger have failed to convince the...
20K falls through the cracks
Yet another station has been fined by the FCC for allowing public file maintenance to fall through the cracks. Like so many others, KPNZ-TV...
A closer look at the Senate
It's early yet in the race for the US Senate, and many races which figure to heat up are as yet uncontested. For example,...