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/5116.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:22:00 -0500 Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) temporarily filled the vacancy left in the Senate by the retirement of Trent Lott (R-MS) with a member of the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5113.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:20:00 -0500 No, the Red party didn't score four touchdowns while surrendering a field goal and a safety to the Blues. And this is not the score http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5087.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:09:00 -0500 The Federal Communications Commission has issued the full text of its Report on Broadcast Localism, combined with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which it contemplates significant re-regulation in a number of areas. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5082.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:51:00 -0500 FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein (D) contributed his two cents in the wake of reports from NAB and the Consumers Union on the state of public http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5049.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:51:00 -0500 One of the many actions taken at the FCC's exceptional 12/18/07 Open Meeting was the ratification of a new questionnaire which will require television operators http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5042.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:12:00 -0500 Both the Consumers Union and the National Association of Broadcasters fired off studies measuring the state of consumer awareness concerning the upcoming DTV transition (see http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5012.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:19:00 -0500 The topic is broadcast indecency. Attorney Peter Gutmann of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC has taken a look at the FCC's 1.43M fine aimed http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5010.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:11:00 -0500 H.R. 2102 has been passed by the House of Representatives back in October, and now the NAB wants the Senate to perform the same service http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4975.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:35:00 -0500 The Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet has announced the lineup of witnesses for its hearing on "Public, Educational and Government (PEG) Services in the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4973.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:32:00 -0500 Staff at the Federal Election Commission has issued an advisory opinion based on requests from SpeechNow.org and FreeCause Inc. The SpeechNow question asked for opinion http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4935.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:28:00 -0500 The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet is going to chew up the DTV Transition topic 2/13/08, almost a full year before analog broadcasts http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4915.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:23:00 -0500 It seems like the frequency of license renewal challenges is picking up. The novelty of some them certainly is, like the informal objection filed by http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4914.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:22:00 -0500 The average amount of time allocated to public service announcements on video distribution entities is 17 seconds per hour, according to a new Kaiser Family http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4856.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:44:00 -0500 The FCC did not receive necessary paperwork for 14 singleton AM Auction 84 applications by the 9/26/07 deadline, and therefore has summarily dismissed them. In http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4852.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:42:00 -0500 As predicted, the FCC cited the First Amendment as one reason for it to stay out of the dispute between Democratic long-shot presidential candidate Dennis Radio News | Television News | Cable | Broadcasting | FCC | RBR | TVBR |