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/2391.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:38:00 -0600 The Commission earlier moved to impose localism requirements on television stations, requiring submission of a standardized form quarterly detailing various elements of local programming. It http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2390.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:36:00 -0600 And at issue is whether or not that will be the effect of yesterday's action, all hinging on the definition of businesses which will benefit http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2385.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:33:00 -0600 Are you wondering how much money is being stored up for the 2008 battle for Congress in your state's senatorial contest (of contests if you're http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2382.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:31:00 -0600 Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet chair Ed Markey (D-MA) has a preview of a GAO report in hand noting a dearth of minority and http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2381.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:31:00 -0600 Byron Dorgan (D-ND) is not waiting around to see what FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has up his sleeve before going public against it. In fact, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2380.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:29:00 -0600 The center we're thinking about is the one in the center of a dart board commonly called a bullseye. FCC Chairman has an Open Meeting http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2334.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:58:00 -0600 Marckenson Bazile is a member of the budget fleet on FM buccanneers. His operation on 100.9 MHz at Port St. Lucie FL (part of the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2331.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:56:00 -0600 The highlight of the week was the return engagement of the five FCC commissioners on Capitol Hill. They visited the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2328.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:54:00 -0600 John Kerry (D-MA) earlier this year inserted himself in the middle of a dispute over broadcast of Major League Baseball games, and now he's doing http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2326.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:53:00 -0600 House Judiciary Chair John Conyers (D-MI) and committee member Steve Chabot (R-OH) have fired off a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey urging that all http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2324.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:51:00 -0600 The Teamsters remain steamed about the pending sale of Tribune Company to an ESOP headed by Sam Zell. They claim that the "employee-owned" implication is http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2290.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:26:00 -0600 John J. Mullaney of Mullaney Engineering has filed an intriguing proposal with the FCC under the umbrella of MB Docket No. 87-268, Advance Television Systems http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2289.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:26:00 -0600 Everybody's getting into the act. While both houses of Congress react to possible changes in media ownership rules, the Senate Judiciary Committee is getting ready http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2256.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:41:00 -0600 The Fritts Group, headed by former NAB President Eddie Fritts, is now lobbying the federal government on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2248.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:41:00 -0600 Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) has fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (R) asking that any plans to allow unlicensed devices to operate http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2237.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:41:00 -0600 Concerned that further media consolidation will make it even harder to address the lack of minority presence among the nation's broadcast license holders, a coalition http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2229.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:41:00 -0600 Watchdog groups are incensed that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin intends to hold its final forum on media ownership in Seattle WA with only a week's http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2221.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:41:00 -0600 Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein (D) has agreed to meet with Urban radio professionals at the I Rock the Mic Conference and Awards session held in Miami http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2217.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:41:00 -0600 Numerous commentators have addressed the need for beefed up FCC regulation to assure that disabled and non-English-speaking individuals receive adequate notice of emergency situations via http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2209.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:22:00 -0600 Spurred by Senate anti-consolidation point man Byron Dorgan (D-ND), the Senate Commerce Committee is planning a session of media ownership and localism this Thursday, 11/8/07. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2208.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:22:00 -0600 Watchdog groups are incensed that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin intends to hold its final forum on media ownership in Seattle WA with only a week's http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2187.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0600 The two-party presidential campaign of Comedy Central personality Stephen Colbert has been derailed. His plan was to run in one primary state, his native South http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2179.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:45:00 -0600 We don't know if the Supreme Court will agree to hear an FCC appeal of the Second Circuit court ruling in favor of Fox Broadcasting http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2178.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:45:00 -0600 The FCC announced late Friday that a hearing on localism would be conducted just one week hence in Seattle, as Chairman Kevin Martin (R) tries http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2177.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:45:00 -0600 The echoes from the last speaker at the FCC forum on localism in Washington had just barely died away, and already the Senate Commerce Committee