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/6511.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:22:00 -0400 The 583M acquisition of three television stations by Raycom from Lincoln Financial Company filed last November was not without complications. The deal, which included WBTV-TV http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6493.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:40:00 -0400 Fox Television/News Corporation is refusing to pay a 91K FCC fine levied for the airing of pixilated nudity on a briefly-aired 2003 reality show called http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6490.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:38:00 -0400 Citizens United must continue its battle to advertise "Hillary: The Movie" in lower courts, say the Supremes. That lets stand a unanimous prior decision that http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6491.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:39:00 -0400 Conventional wisdom has it that the continued hostilities between to remaining Democratic presidential candidates is doing Republican presumptive nominee John McCain (R-AZ) a world of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6460.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:28:00 -0400 Two station owners in New Mexico have been fined for operating studio-transmitter-links (STL) from unauthorized locations. In both cases, the fines resulted from failing to http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6456.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:23:00 -0400 Dwayne Simon of Lancaster, CA admits that he was operating an unlicensed radio station out of his home in 2006 and 2007 when FCC field http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6432.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:26:00 -0400 Was the public/private spectrum auction sabotaged by the first responders who were supposed to benefit from it? The Washington Post reports that nine consumer organizations http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6398.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:11:00 -0400 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6326.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:41:00 -0400 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6315.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:32:00 -0400 "Consolidation already has brought us to the point where two companies control 70% of market revenue in an average radio market" http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6317.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:37:00 -0400 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. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5958.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:34:00 -0400 The plan to get more women and minorities into broadcast ownership is a multi-faceted thing. In order to slip it past the courts, it approaches the issue as a small business problem. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6304.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:51:00 -0400 The Government Accountability Office says the FCC complaint handling process is busted -- the Commission may very well process 95% of the complaints received, but http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6302.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:50:00 -0400 Did you think it might have something to do with DTV? Then, as Don Rickles might say, you win a cookie! Otherwise, even though Washington http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/6292.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:40:00 -0400 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 Radio News | Television News | Cable | Broadcasting | FCC | RBR | TVBR |