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/4399.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:52:00 -0600 The Federal Election Commission is supposed to have six commissioners. Unlike most federal agencies, there is no numerical advantage granted to the party of the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4382.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:39:00 -0500 Complaints by North Carolina bicycle enthusiasts that the "Bob and Madison Show" on WDCG-FM Raleigh-Durham put them in danger have failed to convince the FCC http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4369.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:28:00 -0600 Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) filed a complaint with the FCC Friday over ABC’s decision to exclude him from its primetime debate broadcast Saturday from New http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4348.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:59:00 -0500 Yet another station has been fined by the FCC for allowing public file maintenance to fall through the cracks. Like so many others, KPNZ-TV (Ch. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4323.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:20:00 -0500 The FCC long ago announced the next public hearing on media ownership, pegged for Chicago on 9/20/07. The pattern of these meetings has pretty much http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4317.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:28:00 -0600 Media General Inc. was one of the companies who benefited greatly from the FCC's 12/18/07 decision to allow numerous existing newspaper/broadcast in-market combinations to continue, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4316.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:27:00 -0600 President Bush kicked off the new year, in part, by signing into law bipartisan legislation strengthening tghe Freedom of Information Act. Thr thrust of the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4289.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:31:00 -0500 It's early yet in the race for the US Senate, and many races which figure to heat up are as yet uncontested. For example, Mary http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4261.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:48:00 -0500 The Republican-controlled Michigan Senate has approved 1/15/08 as the date for some sort of primary event in that state, jumping it a week ahead of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4245.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:35:00 -0600 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4242.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:33:00 -0600 Both the Republicans and Democrats maintain three national election committees -- one each attached to the Senate (DSCC & NRSC), one each to the House http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4210.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4209.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4197.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4188.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 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. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4187.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4185.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4184.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4180.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4154.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4133.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4132.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4128.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4116.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:19:00 -0500 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4106.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:19:00 -0500 While the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) takes over Charlotte NC this week, the National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) will have Washington DC to