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Kerry, Markey focusing on NFL
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 ...
More Reps say not so fast on XM/Sirius
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 ...'Tis the season to take potshots at the Chairman
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 ...Bold proposal for Channel 6 (and 5)
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 ...Performance royalties get Hill hearing
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 ...More work for Eddie
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. ...Domenici joins sanity coalition
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 ...Civil rights leaders want task force
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 ...Watchdogs appalled by hasty Martin
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 ...Adelstein bound for IRTM in Miami
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 ...It's all in the translation
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 ...House double-teams the FCC
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. ...FCC draws heat for fast track forum
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 ...Colbert gets 18.75% of the SC vote
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 ...Will Supremes weigh in on fleeting expletives?
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 ...
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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
on
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
on
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
on
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 ...