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Committee reports to FCC on bilingual EAS
Among the many problems exposed by Hurricane Katrina was a problem getting emergency warnings and post-emergency information to non-English speakers. A conference was held by ...
More Satellite merger opponents take to YouTube
Who says Washington politics can't be fun? The folks at the student-founded Consumer Coalition for Competition in Satellite Radio (C3SR) have taken to YouTube with ...Democrats renew call for more minority ad contracts
Making sure that minority advertising businesses get their fair share of government contract work has long been a pet project of John Kerry (D-MA). Now ...Tribune fined for kidvid violations
Yet another TV station is facing a fine from the FCC for exceeding commercial time limits in children's programming. Tribune Company's KHCW-TV (Ch. 39, CW) ...License renewed, but a fine to pay
Israel G. Ybanez, a sole proprietor, failed to file a license renewal for KYMI-FM Los Ybanez, TX and continued to operate the station for a ...Communications sector betting on Democrats
The communications/electronics industry is ranked 7th out of 13 business sectors in terms of donating cash into the 2008 political races. It's responsible for over ...How moot can you get?
Is mooter a word? If not, can we coin it, as in it doesn't get much mooter than this? Anyway, the parade of out-to-lunch license ...Letter auction raises over 2M
Did the folks in the Clear Channel mailroom in San Antonio realize they were handling merchandise worth over two million bucks when a letter to ...Martin ownership plans draw immediate fire
The watchdog community was ready, and the aiming seemed already to have been done, when FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced his intention to try for ...Report says Tribune deal is a bargaining chip
For Tribune's 8.2B privatization to go forward, it needs to have newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership restrictions either waived temporarily or lifted altogether. Los Angeles Times is reporting ...Report says Tribune deal is a bargaining chip
For Tribune's 8.2B privatization to go forward, it needs to have newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership restrictions either waived temporarily or lifted altogether. Los Angeles Times is reporting ...Toole time in Rome GA
Howard C. Toole was the winning Auction No. 70 bidder for a new FM CP in Plainview GA, in the vicinity of Rome GA, but ...Warchests filling up
The campaigns for federal office have already spend over 368M this cycle, even though the first vote is still months away, we aren't even in ...Obama asks Martin to slow down
More particularly, Barack Obama (D-IL), one of the leading candidates for the Democratic party's presidential nomination, wants issues on minority ownership and localism addressed before ...Brownback exiting presidential sweepstakes
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) is said to be pulling the plug on his presidential campaign, with an announcement expected today. He has not fared well ...
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Dave Garland
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02 July, 2008 08:00:25
Mischief...you bet!
There will be someone or some entity that will see this as a possible revenue generating source. They will front buyers to file ...
Pocket Radio
on
27 June, 2008 09:43:35
"HD Radio spinners claim a breakthrough year: Pulling a fast one"
"According to a press release from the Alliance 330,000 HD receivers were sold last year. ...
Frenchy McGruder
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25 June, 2008 11:44:00
AM HD radio is DOA. It will eventually be written in broadcast history books as perhaps the most overrated, unneeded and underperfoming "advancement" in the ...
Pocket Radio
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25 June, 2008 09:21:48
"Germany flicks off-switch on DAB"
"Part of the problem is that analogue FM never went away and most people didn't seem to care for the clear ...
Pocket Radio
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25 June, 2008 09:11:05
"Editorial: More Than Half Full"
"AM-HD continues to fight uphill. Several manufacturers showed impressive new transmitter models designed to optimize and maintain HD performance. Yet the ...