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Handicapping the royalties battle
Analyst at two key Wall Street firms are not expecting the imposition of performance fees on broadcasters anytime soon. Both Victor Miller at Bear Stearns ...
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Almost nobody was completely satisfied with FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's agenda, which he pushed through at Tuesday's Open Meeting. Even those that agreed with one ...FCC upholds Cumulus in battle over trust
Cumulus Broadcasting agreed to a swap with Clear Channel late last year in which it received eight stations in Ann Arbor and Battle Creek MI ...Senators threaten interference in football/cable dispute
John Kerry (D-MA) is making repeated offers to help broker a deal between the National Football League's NFL Network and certain large cable companies, including ...Vermont noncom net rebuffs license challenge
Peter D. Moss picked a bone with Vermont Public Radio on 1/18/06, and just over a week later, Peggy Sapphire picked another. Moss was incensed ...Blackwater focuses attention in Iraq
Most of the time, the debate over US policy in Iraq gets more attention in the US media than do actual events there, but that ...Coming to a Capitol Hill office near you
Following the FCC's Tuesday vote, watchdog Stop Big Media didn't lose any time getting a click and send letter ready for its constituents to fire ...FCC action draws ample, mostly negative, commentary
"We're not done with this, not by a long shot," said Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) in comments about the FCC vote relaxing cross-ownership rules in ...Reps vow to fight Berman royalty bill
The "Performance Rights Act of 2007," introduced by Howard Berman (D-CA) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will not ...Dorgan attacks FCC from Senate floor
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) took to the floor of the Senate yesterday to condemn the FCC's decision to relax cross-ownership rules in the top 20 ...Legislators criticize premature white space initiative
Two Republican senators and two democratic Representatives have expressed their concerns over allowing unlicensed devices to be introduced into the spectrum holes between television stations. ...ConAgra gets aboard anti-obesity express
Yet another major food producer is voluntarily taking steps to avoid marketing sweet, fatty and/or salty food to youngsters. ConAgra says it is setting up ...Weight loss guru complains about FTC intervention
Kevin Trudeau has a book out called "Weight Loss Cures They Don't Want You to Know About." The FTC makes no secret of its general ...MMTC finds 48 companies to do its replying for it
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council has submitted a long laundry list of things the FCC can do now, things it can consider doing, and ...Legislators want to put white space on hold
Two Republican senators and two democratic Representatives have expressed their concerns over allowing unlicensed devices to be introduced into the spectrum holes between television stations. ...
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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
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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 ...