http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-11-20T21:26:24-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4600.html 2008-01-11T09:10:00-06:00 2008-01-11T09:10:00-06:00 Dave Seyler Three individuals and a college group wanted the license renewal for CBS Radio's AC WWFS-FM in New York turned down by the FCC. They say http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4576.html 2008-01-10T10:15:00-06:00 2008-01-10T10:15:00-06:00 Dave Seyler The public may not yet be sweating the DTV transition, but other sure are. According to the Associated Press, Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson told http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4571.html 2008-01-10T10:03:00-06:00 2008-01-10T10:03:00-06:00 Dave Seyler FCC Chairman Kevin Martin addressed the Rainbow Push Coalition's 11th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit. He had a story to tell the minority advocacy, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4570.html 2008-01-10T04:01:00-06:00 2008-01-10T04:01:00-06:00 Dave Seyler The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has initiated its look at processes at the Kevin Martin FCC, as promised. In a letter http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4539.html 2008-01-09T09:20:00-06:00 2008-01-09T09:20:00-06:00 Dave Seyler The National Association of Broadcasters reminded the FCC that AM broadcasters are often among the most locally-oriented stations of a locally-oriented medium, but that many http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4514.html 2007-08-31T21:45:00-05:00 2007-08-31T21:45:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) is under increasing pressure from fellow Republicans to resign and Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) is due back on Capitol Hill next http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4493.html 2008-01-08T09:46:00-06:00 2008-01-08T09:46:00-06:00 Dave Seyler The National Association has filed reply comments with the FCC on the issue of retransmission negotiation with MVPDs. It bluntly states that many arguments put http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4489.html 2008-01-08T09:44:00-06:00 2008-01-08T09:44:00-06:00 Dave Seyler Sure, the 2008 election season has only just begun, and so far only two states have weighed in on the presidential campaign in any concrete http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4435.html 2007-08-30T13:10:00-05:00 2007-08-30T13:10:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie The American Civil Liberties Union blames the FCC for making some public television stations fearful of running the Ken Burns documentary "The War" because of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4406.html 2008-01-07T08:54:00-06:00 2008-01-07T08:54:00-06:00 Dave Seyler Missing issues/program lists from the public file of Butte MT CBS affiliate KXLF-TV 4 have landed it in hot water with the FCC. How hot? http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/4399.html 2008-01-07T08:52:00-06:00 2008-01-07T08:52:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-08-29T20:39:00-05:00 2007-08-29T20:39:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie 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 2008-01-07T08:28:00-06:00 2008-01-07T08:28:00-06:00 Jack Messmer 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 2007-08-29T01:59:00-05:00 2007-08-29T01:59:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie 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 2007-08-27T06:20:00-05:00 2007-08-27T06:20:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie 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 2008-01-04T11:28:00-06:00 2008-01-04T11:28:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2008-01-04T11:27:00-06:00 2008-01-04T11:27:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-08-28T02:31:00-05:00 2007-08-28T02:31:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie 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 2007-08-24T07:48:00-05:00 2007-08-24T07:48:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie 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 2008-01-03T12:35:00-06:00 2008-01-03T12:35:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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