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He's the No. 2 in the office of FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, serving not only as his Chief of Staff but also as his Senior Legal Advisor. By Monday, he'll no longer be in the role, as he's leaving the Commission.

What key issues facing Capitol Hill and the FCC should be of the greatest concern and interest to Hispanic broadcasters? Find out without having to deal with Beltway traffic or a visit to the Nation's Capital. A great learning opportunity is planned for June 23 in Miami, as the second day of the annual Hispanic Radio Conference is staged.

For years, he handed out the award. On Monday, he received it in an emotional tear-inducing presentation at a morning Main Stage session at the 2022 NAB Show. Gordon Smith was given the NAB Distinguished Service Award, in a ceremony that followed honors for Beasley's CEO and a famed actor known for the PBS series 'Reading Rainbow."

Thanks to "recent developments" — namely, the filing with the FCC of technical reports tied to GeoBroadcast Solutions' experimental "ZoneCasting" technology — the Media Bureau has established a new public comment period that allows interested parties to comment on these test reports, and any other documents submitted since March 12, 2021.

Three years ago, he was intern in the office of FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Now, he is Carr's Acting Legal Advisor.

The buildout of the facility, including a studio and media hub, was made possible by donations of critical equipment and studio design services from leading companies in the business of content creation and management.

The FCC's Media Bureau has quietly rejected a complaint submitted by an Ohio individual seeking election to Congress in 2020 who claimed his political advertisements and radio programs were "censored" by iHeartMedia. What's next for Jim Condit Jr., who wishes to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's second Congressional district?

On Twitter, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel revealed that she's tested positive for COVID-19.  That likely won't be a deterrent for her plans to speak at the upcoming conference and tech expo playing out at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The Associate Bureau Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau has joined the office of FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks as Wireline and National Security Advisor. That's just one of the shifts Starks announced on Thursday.

A group of local broadcasters led by The E.W. Scripps Company has come together to political advertisers with what it believes is "efficient and broad audience reach" on connected TV platforms during what’s expected to be a record election-spending year.

In two weeks, a familiar figure at the Federal Communications Commission will be back at the agency — this time as Chief of Staff to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.

The FCC has confirmed what some across the Nation's Capital have been tweeting about since late last week: its Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) has undergone a system upgrade.

SSR Communications wanted a second local service added to the Table of Allotments for Bruce, Miss. The Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau Audio Division said no. Here's why.

President Biden has offered a recommendation of $565 million in advance funding for public broadcasting in his fiscal year 2023 budget. This was met with glee by America's Public Television Stations.

The Audio Division of the FCC's Media Bureau in early March finalized a process that gave Al Shuldiner the final word on identifying the selectee in each group of 15 mutually exclusive applications for new NCE FM station construction permits. Now, the same process has been applied to a second group of NCEs, totaling 19.