http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2009-01-09T18:30:09-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2419.html 2007-10-05T13:15:00-05:00 2007-10-05T13:15:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie The effort to pass a federal reporters shield has been ongoing during the last couple of years. The measure has enjoyed bipartisan support, but is http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2413.html 2007-10-05T13:00:00-05:00 2007-10-05T13:00:00-05:00 Cathy Carnegie Pete Domenici (R-NM) has announced his retirement, citing health reasons. The move deprives the Republican party of a fifth incumbent in 2008, a year in http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2394.html 2007-12-19T08:40:00-06:00 2007-12-19T08:40:00-06:00 Dave Seyler When a KHTB-FM personality called the Utah Poison Control Center, the intention was to both play a little joke, as well as to gather some http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/2391.html 2007-12-19T08:38:00-06:00 2007-12-19T08:38:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-19T08:36:00-06:00 2007-12-19T08:36:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-19T08:33:00-06:00 2007-12-19T08:33:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-19T08:31:00-06:00 2007-12-19T08:31:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-19T08:31:00-06:00 2007-12-19T08:31:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-19T08:29:00-06:00 2007-12-19T08:29:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-17T15:58:00-06:00 2007-12-17T15:58:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-17T15:56:00-06:00 2007-12-17T15:56:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-17T15:54:00-06:00 2007-12-17T15:54:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-17T15:53:00-06:00 2007-12-17T15:53:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-12-17T15:51:00-06:00 2007-12-17T15:51:00-06:00 Dave Seyler 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 2007-11-12T18:26:00-06:00 2007-11-12T18:26:00-06:00 Jim Carnegie 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 2007-11-12T18:26:00-06:00 2007-11-12T18:26:00-06:00 Jim Carnegie 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 2007-11-07T14:41:00-06:00 2007-11-07T14:41:00-06:00 Jim Carnegie 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 2007-11-07T14:41:00-06:00 2007-11-07T14:41:00-06:00 Jim Carnegie 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 2007-11-07T14:41:00-06:00 2007-11-07T14:41:00-06:00 Jim Carnegie 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 2007-11-06T14:41:00-06:00 2007-11-06T14:41:00-06:00 Jim Carnegie 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