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FCC prepares two more DTV workshops
The deadline for the digital television conversion is just over a year away, and the FCC is helping to move the ball forward with a ...National committees break even in November
Both the Republicans and Democrats maintain three national election committees -- one each attached to the Senate (DSCC & NRSC), one each to the House ...Station hops EEO violation charge
License renewal challenges continue to roll in to the FCC. This time the subject is noncommercial KUYI-FM Hotevilla AZ, licensed to The Hopi Foundation, which ...Senate moving to extend Do Not Call
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) has noted that membership on the Do Not Call registry is scheduled to expire 9/30/08, an automatic expiration date built into the ...Station hops EEO violation charge
License renewal challenges continue to roll in to the FCC. This time the subject is noncommercial KUYI-FM Hotevilla AZ, licensed to The Hopi Foundation, which ...Berman tosses a bone to small and Religious broadcasters
As radio broadcasters gathered in Charlotte were exhorted to fiercely oppose efforts to introduce a new performance tax on radio to benefit record companies, Rep. ...Dorgan, Stevens team to extend DNC
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) has noted that membership on the Do Not Call registry is scheduled to expire 9/30/08, an automatic expiration date built into the ...Solicitor wants to air bad words before the Supremes
The Second Circuit Court in New York shot down the FCC's attempt to reverse its own long-standing policy and penalize broadcasters for allowing fleeting expletives ...FCC hits Comcast four more times
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein (D) and Watchdogs Center for Media and Democracy and Free Press are having their wishes fulfilled by the FCC. They were ...FCC open now for FM translator waivers for AM
Only half-joking, NAB Radio Board Chairman Russ Withers asked FCC Chairman Kevin Martin whether it is necessary to get a Congressman to ask the FCC ...FCC's 4K VNR hit begins to mushroom
The FCC's designated VNR specialist Jonathan Adelstein (D) has expressed his satisfaction with the 4K fine levied against Comcast for broadcast of an unidentified VNR ...New John Hockenberry morning show
WNYC Radio and Public Radio International (PRI) today announced that Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist John Hockenberry will host a new drive-time morning news program ...Legislators push FCC for minority task force
Hilda Solis (D-CA) fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and his 8th Floor FCC colleagues requesting formation of "an independent task force ...Panel takes a lyrical look at censorship
Although Don Imus was in the title of a Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection session, he was otherwise nowhere to be found in ...House Commerce Committee doubles down on DTV
One hearing on DTV won't cut it for John Dingell (D-MI), chairman of the influential House Committee on Energy and Commerce. On 10/17/07, he's hauling ...Log in
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Nice job, I commend you on the points you make in your post. The Acculturation process is very complex and truly require an expertise to ...
Paul- you are awesome! I am so glad to see you again!
As always, John Gorman tells it like it is, whether we want to hear it or not. How sadly ironic that radio's success has been ...
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Does anyone else want to weigh in supporting this move? Do the sweeps really matter that much these days?
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Am I the only one bothered by Nielsen's move from February 2009 Sweep to March 2009?
The announcement from Nielsen came as a surprise. ...

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