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WNBC Wins Seven NYSBA "Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting"

Big Apple's WCBS, WNET, WFUV, WINS and WOR Also Multiple Award Winners; WGY, WSYR, WHAM, WXXI, WIVB, WBAB, WLNY, WBNG and WRNN Are Pace Setters ...

How about more content regulation?

A survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that 49% of Americans think there should be federal regulation of what’s on the Internet, just like FCC regulation ...

Univision, ‘Ya es Hora’ National Partners join mayors for voter registration

Univision Communications and the “Ya es Hora” (It's Time) national partners, announced the expansion of this award-winning civic engagement campaign through new local efforts in ...

Father of FM & TV Stereo dead at 83

Zenith Electronics reports the death of retired engineer Carl Eilers, who headed the company’s effort to develop the stereo FM standard that the FCC adopted ...

No surprise here. Now that it is public knowledge that Fisher Communications turned down a buyout proposal in April, one of its hedge fund investors is pressing the board of directors...

George Carlin dead at 71

The DJ turned stand-up comedian was always proud that he had a place in broadcasting history, since it was the airing of his “Seven Dirty ...

Fisher Communications has confirmed that its board rejected an unsolicited takeover bid in April for $43-45 per share. At the high end, that would have valued the TV and radio company at $550 million...

If FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to find out about broadcast localism, he has an invitation to come to Iowa. Sue Toma, Executive Director of the IBA, has written to Martin to tell him what’s been going on ...

Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) were handling the House version of Byron Dorgan’s Resolution of Disapproval, which would remove the force from ...