http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-05-16T02:30:31-04:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7329.html 2008-05-05T17:46:00-04:00 2008-05-05T17:46:00-04:00 Dave Seyler WRIV-AM Riverhead NY, licensed to Crystal Coast Communications, found itself unlicensed, in possession of deleted call letters and ordered off the air. The cause of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7308.html 2008-05-04T09:57:00-04:00 2008-05-04T09:57:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Opus Broadcasting Monroe thinks there are too many Holladay’s operating in the Monroe LA market, and that’s a good reason to turn down a proposed http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7301.html 2008-05-04T09:53:00-04:00 2008-05-04T09:53:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Christian Broadcasting Network’s “700 Club” and Telepictures’ “TMZ” have both asked for and received FCC blessings on an news/information exemption from the equal time rule http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7255.html 2008-05-01T09:28:00-04:00 2008-05-01T09:28:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Add John Ensign (R-NV) to the growing list of legislators expressing strong reservations about the FCC’s myriad proposals to attempt to promote localism in broadcasting. "These proposals all represent a step backward toward the government re-regulation of our nation's airwaves," wrote Sen. Ensign. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7260.html 2008-05-01T13:31:00-04:00 2008-05-01T13:31:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Two of the Energy and Commerce subcommittees are holding sessions next week which bump up against broadcast territory. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7229.html 2008-04-30T14:51:00-04:00 2008-04-30T14:51:00-04:00 Dave Seyler The Virginia Association of Broadcasters has joined with members operating in the Charlottesville market to express opposition to the FCC’s localism mandates in the form http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7198.html 2008-04-29T15:25:00-04:00 2008-04-29T15:25:00-04:00 Dave Seyler It’s one thing to operate from the wrong coordinates. It’s another to fail to power down when the sunset, as called for in a station’s http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7195.html 2008-04-29T15:22:00-04:00 2008-04-29T15:22:00-04:00 Dave Seyler One of the most obvious truths about broadcasting is that radiated signals do not respect political boundaries. And people, and by extension, the public interest, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7194.html 2008-04-29T05:21:00-04:00 2008-04-29T05:21:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Broadcasters already lead the league in federal regulation, says the NAB, and they do not want to be singled out for another burden not shared by their many new competitors. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7184.html 2008-04-28T15:44:00-04:00 2008-04-28T15:44:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Sage Communications KEGI-FM Jonesboro AR is getting its license renewed despite a two-issue challenge from American Heritage Media over incidents that have been kicking around http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7176.html 2008-04-28T10:38:00-04:00 2008-04-28T10:38:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Pat Roberts (R-KS) has fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin urging him to stay far away from getting into the program monitoring http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7160.html 2008-04-25T11:23:00-04:00 2008-04-25T11:23:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Even though monopoly lovers over at Motley Fool remain in shock that the FCC has not yet ratified the DOJ’s stunning and inexplicable approval for http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7156.html 2008-04-25T16:18:00-04:00 2008-04-25T16:18:00-04:00 Dave Seyler The scheduled items to be considered at a monthly FCC open meeting are typically made public about a week prior to the date of the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7126.html 2008-04-24T15:30:00-04:00 2008-04-24T15:30:00-04:00 Dave Seyler Looking for a place to shoehorn in yet another entrant onto the crowded FM band? The FCC has a brand new internet tool available for http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7123.html 2008-04-24T10:28:00-04:00 2008-04-24T10:28:00-04:00 Dave Seyler FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell remembers when his home received "four main channels" on television. Now there are hundreds, and numerous other media competitors vying for