Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.rbr.com/files.php?file=rss_logo1_757997737.jpg http://www.rbr.com/ http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5463.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:23:00 -0500 The FCC's NPRM on enhancing broadcast localism has officially made it into the Federal Register under MB Docket No. 04-233. The official publication date was http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5448.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:26:00 -0500 Among the biggest political donors in the broadcast world for the 2008 election cycle is Clear Channel. Some will be surprised at where the radio/outdoor http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5452.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:29:00 -0500 In last week's story of National Association of Broadcaster campaign contributions, we noted that among the beneficiaries of the NAB's generosity were prominent members of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5385.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:03:00 -0500 Senate Commerce Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MA) aren't messing around. They would like an interagency task force put http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5386.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:04:00 -0500 The Senate Commerce Committee has called off today's hearing on the DTV transition, which would have come just 24 hours after a similar session in http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5332.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:22:00 -0500 The Commerce Committees have lined up their DTV witnesses, and the two key government representatives will be doing double duty. The hearing today at the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5299.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:15:00 -0500 The National Association of Broadcasters traditionally hands out cash to members of both political parties -- a key factor isn't necessarily which side of the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5284.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:28:00 -0500 Both Commerce Committees have the DTV transition on the agenda this week. The House takes it up on Wednesday and the Senate follows suit on http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5257.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:32:00 -0500 Yet another license renewal challenge has worked its way through FCC channels. This time, Greenwich Broadcasting Corp.'s WGCH-AM Greenwich CT incited the wrath of several http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5259.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:33:00 -0500 Ken Ferree is President of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, but he was a key exec at the FCC under Michael Powell as Chief of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5219.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:14:00 -0500 The House Energy and Commerce Committee held an event demonstrating a number of digital-to-analog converter boxes to members of Congress and their staffs, in hopes http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5195.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:37:00 -0500 The official rules are out on the 12/18/07 FCC move opening the top 20 DMAs to broadcast/newspaper cross-owned combinations. Democratic Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5194.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:36:00 -0500 The FCC is looking to get 338.9M for fiscal 2009, about 26M more than it received for the current year, and President Bush has plugged http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5161.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:57:00 -0500 The battle over allowing LPFMs to shoehorn onto the dial by being able to occupy frequencies in the 3rd-adjacent slot to existing full-power stations has http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5157.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:55:00 -0500 Watchdog Commercial Alert has been trying to get both the FTC and FCC to come up with new rules governing the advertising practice of product Radio News | Television News | Cable | Broadcasting | FCC | RBR | TVBR |