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Groups want probe of auction failure
Full story Spectrum auction raises $19.6 billion
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is crowing that the Commission’s auction of spectrum in the 700 MHz band being vacated by analog television raised 19.592 billion ...FCC can't tell WHAT what to play
Leon A. Williams of Philadelphia is the kind of person who appends "Esq." after his name, and you probably know what that means. And there's ...Dorgan measure seconded in the House
Dems want to go from red to blue
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has identified 13 more spending zones, all areas in which they think freshman-wannabe challengers stand a chance of unhorsing a Republican incumbent. ...Legal view of FCC diversity initiatives
GAO/FCC disagree over complaint processing
The Government Accountability Office says the FCC complaint handling process is busted -- the Commission may very well process 95% of the complaints received, but ...FCC March meeting touches on: Guess what?
Commerce Committee teeing up FTC
The FCC isn't the only government agency getting regular grillings on Capitol Hill. The Federal Trade Commission, which occasionally gets into broadcast issues, particularly when ...E&C subcommittee digs into the FCC
FCC opens LPFM proceeding
Both the FCC and Congress think that the time is ripe to open up third-adjacent FM channels to the new low power FM service. The ...FCC waves though challenged NCE sale
The sale of WKCP-FM Miami sparked a storm of protest from local listeners. Complaints filed in an effort to prevent it. In the end, the effort fell flat....Live from Minnesota: Its Al Franken
Saturday Night Live veteran Al Franken has had a major hurdle cleared en route to his attempt to challenge Norm Coleman (R-MN) for the Minnesota ...Will House eschew Eshoo bill?
H.R. 4882, the "Broadcast Licensing in the Public Interest Act," is in the hopper, introduced by Anna Eshoo (D-CA), with four co-sponsors. If enacted into ...Goin' to the show
The NAB Show in Las Vegas is on the calendars of FCC Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein (D) and Deborah Tate Taylor (R). They'll be the featured ...
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mark walker
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07 May, 2008 08:25:00
Paul- you are awesome! I am so glad to see you again!
Ray Somich
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05 May, 2008 07:11:27
As always, John Gorman tells it like it is, whether we want to hear it or not. How sadly ironic that radio's success has been ...
Jack Messmer
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04 May, 2008 10:25:01
Thanks for your comment.
Does anyone else want to weigh in supporting this move? Do the sweeps really matter that much these days?
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Tim Keating
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02 May, 2008 07:44:28
Am I the only one bothered by Nielsen's move from February 2009 Sweep to March 2009?
The announcement from Nielsen came as a surprise. ...
Charlie Ferguson
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02 May, 2008 05:40:09
As a 2-book Condensed Market that doesn't even get trends from Arbitron, one can foresee some real struggles with some particularly aggressive agencies. Since ...