Washington Beat

The Chairwoman of the FCC has chosen who will succeed Deena Shetler, who has formally departed the Commission. The role, Jessica Rosenworcel revealed, has worked in various roles at the FCC since 1999.

The owner of radio stations serving Norfolk, Neb., was found to have engaged in three unauthorized transfers of control made prior to the filing of applications requiring Commission approval. To resolve the matter, there is a financial payment to be made. But, it will be going to the U.S. Treasury.

America’s Public Television Stations is putting the finishing touches on its 2024 Public Media Summit. As APTS will celebrate its 45th anniversary at the event, it will also serve as the swan song for the organization's President/CEO, Patrick Butler.

The newest FCC Commissioner on Thursday named her Chief of Staff while revealing who will serve as a legal advisor for media and technology, and for both wireline and space issues and for wireless, public safety and consumer protection matters. Anna Gómez also has a new executive assistant.

The FCC has updated its rules and proposed additional updates designed to improve communications network reliability, resiliency, and transparency during disasters and outages.

A vote-making Democrat and the senior Republican Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission have each agreed to appear as keynote speakers at an annual fly-in event that attracts broadband  providers and multichannel video programming distributors from across the U.S.

In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, RBR+TVBR goes one-on-one with the Market Manager for Great Eastern Radio in West Lebanon-Hanover, N.H.; and with the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters, for the latest on the New Hampshire Primary's impact on broadcast media's content and ad sales. LISTEN HERE

A Democratic U.S. House Member from Maine has introduced legislation that would require broadcasting stations, providers of cable and satellite televisions, and online platforms to make "reasonable efforts" to ensure that political advertisements are not purchased by a foreign national.

The former Policy Advisor for Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, who before that role served on the respective legislative teams for Senators Debbie Stabenow and Doug Jones, has been selected to serve as the Policy Advisor for Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks.

A Class A FM serving Poplar Bluff, Mo., and its sibling daytime-only AM serving Paducah, Ky. and neighboring Metropolis, Ill., could be permanently removed from the broadcast dial. It's a threat being presented to the stations' owner for failure to pay regulatory fees to the Commission over the course of several years.

A tech company that uses AI to improve brand advertising performance is welcoming a former Comcast political advertising sales director to lead its political advertising division. This will see the build out of political agency and advertiser partnerships and campaigns, offering measurement and ad delivery opportunities.

Since September 2021, the GM of Salem's Minneapolis radio stations has also led the publicly traded company's regulatory and public policy discussions in Washington, D.C.  Starting today, he'll be devoting all of his time to Salem's efforts at the FCC and on Capitol Hill. Who's his Twin Cities successor?

A principal NPR and PBS Member serving the Commonwealth of Virginia has petitioned the FCC to add a channel to its Table of Allotments for a city between the college town of Charlottesville and Staunton, along the busy I-81 corridor to the south of the home of James Madison University.

The ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee has announced three senior staff promotions within the legislative body in the upper house of Congress that maintains oversight of the Federal Communications Commission.

Why is NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt spending Wednesday on Capitol Hill? He's testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law hearing squarely focused on the "future of journalism."