Home | Media News | WASHINGTON BEAT

WASHINGTON BEAT

Kucinich takes beef to FCC

CNN says participants in a South Carolina Democratic debate need to meet two criteria: A third-place of better finish in a contest sanctioned by the ...
Full story

CBO prices S.2332

That's the Byron Dorgan (D-ND) bill that would set up extra hoops for the FCC any time it wishes to change a rule impacting media ...
Full story

FCC set for further space exploration

That's as in white space, the spectrum in the television zone between licensed broadcast channels, which is being targeted big time by high-tech companies that ...
Full story

Another pirate walks the plank

Nicolas Paula is a member of the spectrum buccaneer community, New York market division. His unlicensed station was caught operating on 94.5 MHz in the ...
Full story

House panel ready to get back to work on DTV

The John Dingell (D-MI)/Ed Markey (D-MA) Show is not reliant on Hollywood writers, and it is ready to go on national TV (C-SPAN, most likely) ...
Full story

FEC wins court battle

A film called "Hillary: The Movie" is ready to enter the fray of the 2008 campaign, and its backers/creators want to make it available on ...
Full story

Hear ye, hear ye

Broadcast issues of interest to the non-profit sector are on the schedule for discussion in the upcoming weeks, one from the private sector and one ...
Full story

Copyright champion Berman may be on the move

The retirement of Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) due to illness may open up the top slot at the House Foreign Affairs Committee for Howard L. ...
Full story

The gripes of wrath, 1H 2007

The FCC was a little slow getting out its report on consumer inquiries and complaints for 2007, which are usually released on a quarterly basis. ...
Full story

House back in session, Senate on the way

By the time you read this, members of the US House of Representatives will be back on their way to work. The first day of ...
Full story

Organizations moving DTV forward

The NAB hitchhiked onto an annual Washington DC event put together by one of the market's prominent network O&Os, NBC 5 WRC-TV. The event is ...
Full story

FCC set for first Open Meeting of 2008

The traditional format for the FCC January Open Meeting will be featured as per usual this week on Thursday, 1/17/08. Four panels will parade before ...
Full story

Wicker promoted; opponent recruited

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has reached into the state's US Congressional delegation to replace the now-retired Trent Lott (R-MS) in the US Senate. He ...
Full story

CBS's WWFS-FM survives license challenge

Three individuals and a college group wanted the license renewal for CBS Radio's AC WWFS-FM in New York turned down by the FCC. They say ...
Full story

DTV conversion coming front and center

The public may not yet be sweating the DTV transition, but other sure are. According to the Associated Press, Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson told ...
Full story
first back 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 next last total: 555 | displaying: 166 - 180
Log in

BY THE NUMBERS

POPULAR