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/7122.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:27:00 -0400 Next stop: The floor of the Senate, for S.J. Res. 28, which will strip the effect from the FCC's 12/18/07 liberalization of media cross-ownership caps. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7101.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:34:00 -0400 The Senate Commerce Committee has a full slate of items to consider during today's mark-up session. It will look at protecting consumers of seafood, weigh in on bus accessibility, look into maritime pollution, and consider an FAA nominee, among other things. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7069.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:40:00 -0400 FCC Chairman Kevin Martin outlined broad policies which he believe the FCC must keep in mind when considering internet service providers and their customers. The http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7054.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:30:00 -0400 It is well known that the Bush administration has an antipathy toward information leakers, and is firmly against enactment of a federal shield for reporter http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7011.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:20:00 -0400 A bipartisan and ideologically diverse quarter of US Reps is urging Senate Majority and Minority leaders, Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), respectively, to http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7007.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:17:00 -0400 Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will finally begin to put his reprise of the Resolution of Disapproval up for a committee vote on Thursday 4/24/08. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/7008.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:18:00 -0400 The prospect of even more paperwork is apparently in the works at the FCC, and the attorneys at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC are sounding an alarm. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6995.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:41:00 -0400 JC Watts, who used to go around with (R-OK) after his name as a member of the Oklahoma delegation to the House of Representatives, is http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6992.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:40:00 -0400 The National Association of Broadcasters is not just encouraging stations to super-serve their local communities. It's offering a central location to plan and execute community http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6990.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:38:00 -0400 Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is all for broadcast localism. She just doesn't believe that the way to achieve this "laudable goal" is to bury broadcasters http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6964.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:45:00 -0400 Both houses of Congress have been doing just about everything but passing a federal shield law that would guarantee the right of reporters to protect http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6960.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:42:00 -0400 The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is wondering why an electronic identifier on a political ad points to its rival National Republican Congressional Committee, and it's http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6942.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:51:00 -0400 Conventional wisdom has presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain (R-AZ) looking for issues where he can put some political daylight between himself and President George http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6934.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:48:00 -0400 The FCC's 12/18/07 proposal to increase reporting requirements and record-keeping at broadcast stations with an eye to improving local service is usually considered inside baseball http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6922.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:06:00 -0400 The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet is hosting all five FCC Commissioners today (and preventing their appearance at an NAB breakfast). The good Radio News | Television News | Cable | Broadcasting | FCC | RBR | TVBR |