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/3841.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:01:00 -0500 32 states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books which protect the right of a reporter to in turn protect the identity http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3830.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:37:00 -0500 Minority Media & Telecommunications Council has asked that the FCC restart its proceeding on media ownership rules since it felt its suggestions on increasing the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3804.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:42:00 -0500 The Federal Communications Commission Laboratory has conducted field tests of spectrum devices proposed for unlicensed use in the gaps between television signals, known as white http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3793.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:35:00 -0500 Since the Wall Street Journal is a national newspaper, it has been assumed that Rupert Murdoch’s deal to buy Dow Jones & Company is a http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3792.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:34:00 -0500 That didn't take long. Ten FCC ownership studies had barely seen the light of day before Commissioners Michael Copps (D) and Jonathan Adelstein (D) began http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3783.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:59:00 -0500 A group of legislators is attacking the ten studies produced by the FCC, charging that they were produced to support a pre-determined pro-consolidation agenda and http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3776.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:59:00 -0500 During the last election cycle a handful of broadcasting companies got into a little hot water by providing free air time to candidates without assuring http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3768.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:59:00 -0500 A group of legislators is attacking the ten studies produced by the FCC, charging that they were produced to support a pre-determined pro-consolidation agenda and http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3742.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:59:00 -0500 Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards (D-NC) took advantage of full network coverage of a speech on the Iraq war by President Bush last night, piggy-backing http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3740.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:59:00 -0500 Another plank in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act has been altered by the judiciary branch. The last time this happened, the rules were weakened. This http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3717.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:13:00 -0500 We weren't the only ones to notice Burger King's move to help combat childhood obesity (see related story above). BK joined 11 other food companies http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3697.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:13:00 -0500 "Let's let the transition begin," said Commissioner Robert McDowell toward the end of last night's FCC Open Meeting. Quite a few people would have settled http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3692.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:13:00 -0500 NAB announced that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will speak at the FCC Breakfast on Thursday, September 27th, during The NAB Radio Show in Charlotte. FCC http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3685.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:13:00 -0500 Al Wynn has had what many might consider an unusual house guest for the past few years: his AM radio station. Wynn has been operating http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/3659.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:59:00 -0500 The transition to digital television is a popular topic in Washington these days, and it will be the key agenda item at the next session