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/5665.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:30:00 -0600 Sometimes we think if we scour the Bill of Rights closely enough, we will find a clause describing the inalienable right of all Americans to http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5663.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:29:00 -0600 Tribune did not like the FCC's move to allow limited broadcast/newspaper cross-ownership. It opened up only the top 20 DMAs, and Tribune feels all DMAs http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5636.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:05:00 -0600 Advertising for a trio of payday lenders was the topic of concern at the Federal Trade Commission. Although the advertising in question was on the internet rather than a broadcast outlet, the reinforced disclosure requirements could affect broadcast clients as well. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5611.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:37:00 -0600 Courier Communications says that Michael McGee Sr. is a paid contractor, and that he is responsible for the material that goes out over the airspace http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5609.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:34:00 -0600 The key question fired to Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) during a session at the NAB State Leadership Conference was this: "Can we count on your http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5608.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:33:00 -0600 Four key Commerce Committee telecom policy wonks from both houses of Congress met with broadcasters at yesterday's NAB State Leadership Conference and confirmed that this http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5580.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:43:00 -0600 Natural disasters don't care what language its victims speak, making it all the more necessary for the nation's communications system to take into account non-English http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5561.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:36:00 -0600 What were you doing on 11/18/23? Don't remember? Neither, we believe, does Ted Stevens (R-AK), who was busy being born that day. That means he http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5554.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:32:00 -0600 The flap over a New York Times story alleging a possibly improper relationship between presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain (R-AZ) and a communications lobbyist http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5537.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:58:00 -0600 It doesn't even have a number yet, but a draft version of H.R. ___ is on the table for public discussion by Ed Markey's (D-MA) http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5514.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:06:00 -0600 It's easy to say you'll do something, and it's another to actually do it. The NAB would like the FCC to enforce a promise made http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5492.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:57:00 -0600 The NAB and the FCC will be at loggerheads next Tuesday 2/26/08. The FCC is holding its February Open Meeting on that date, and the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5483.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:48:00 -0600 The FCC loss at the Second Circuit over its ability to levy punishment to broadcasters over instances of fleeting indecency has been appealed to the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5469.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:28:00 -0600 The mission of the National Hispanic Media Coalition is to "advance Latino employment and programming equity throughout the entertainment industry and to promote telecommunications policies http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5463.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:23:00 -0600 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