Committee reports to FCC on bilingual EAS
Among the many problems exposed by Hurricane Katrina was a problem getting emergency warnings and post-emergency information to non-English speakers. A conference was held...
Satellite merger opponents take to YouTube
Who says Washington politics can't be fun? The folks at the student-founded Consumer Coalition for Competition in Satellite Radio (C3SR) have taken to YouTube...
Democrats renew call for more minority ad contracts
Making sure that minority advertising businesses get their fair share of government contract work has long been a pet project of John Kerry (D-MA)....
Thompson calls it quits
Fred Thompson hasn't entered the Republican presidential primary sweepstakes yet, but there was a Thompson in the mix. That is no longer the case...
Microsoft wants white space redo
Broadcast television is about a year and a half away from becoming a digital only service. At the same time, the FCC is being...
CNN/YouTube GOP debate rescheduled
Republican candidates were balking at following their Democratic counterparts into a debate format in which CNN asked questions submitted by citizens via YouTube. The...
Another stakeholder signs on to protect kids
Food manufacturers and media outlets have been under pressure to watch the waistlines of the preteen set all year. Kellogg's announced its intention to...
FCC: Cap noncom FM stick applications?
The FCC says a number of interested parties think there should be a limit to how many CPs one entity tries for in the...
A matter of primary concern
The Republican Party has moved its presidential primary up to 1/19/08, a move which puts it at odds with New Hampshire state law and...
Food for thought to feed Congress
As a direct result of a 7/31/07 FTC action known as "Resolution Directing Use of Compulsory Process to Collect Information for Use in Preparing...
Will USA pull out of 2008 Olympics?
How do you fill a 3,600 hour programming hole? NBC may be looking at just that situation, as well as scrambling to make up...
FCC re-ups a pair of O&Os over UCC objection
The United Church of Christ is an experienced hand when it comes to dealing with media matters in general and the FCC in particular....
Dems take aim at consolidation
Netroots bloggers met with Democratic presidential candidates in Chicago over the weekend at the YearlyKos Convention, and one of the things that came up...
FCC holds August Open Meeting
Today. After holding meetings the past few months at just about the last possible minute, Chairman Kevin Martin is getting the monthly chore out...
Rite of passage?
The presidential campaign season seems to have expanded to fill all of the time between Election Day completed and Election Day on the horizon....