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/6303.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:50:00 -0400 We have watched Chairman Martin take extraordinary steps to provide transparency over the past year or two. That's not to say there isn't room for improvement. Do special interests have too much access to the Commission? http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5961.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:36:00 -0400 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5957.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:30:00 -0400 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. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5941.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0400 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5939.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:58:00 -0400 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5943.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:02:00 -0400 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5942.html WASHINGTON BEAT Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:01:00 -0400 Many join together in challenging the rate schedule imposed by the National Copyright Board on internet music streaming. Lawsuit will be filed in the DC Circuit. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5903.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:59:00 -0400 Just like the pirate Jean Lafitte, a pirate with possible connections to Napoleon Bonaparte and Andrew Jackson, this privateer of the electromagnetic spectrum in the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5908.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0400 When Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced he was reviving his Resolution of Disapproval tactic to block execution of the FCC's new acceptance of broadcast/print cross-owned groups http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5905.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:59:00 -0400 Discussing XM/Sirius, former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh wrote, "To say that this proposed merger is problematic is an understatement." Using the OpEd space in the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5874.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:28:00 -0500 The FCC celebrated the beginning of its mandate that all consumer video electronics devices, most notably television sets, include DTV tuners. After the quick issuance http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5901.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:57:00 -0400 All kinds of investors have had a role in financing broadcasting companies. The fear some have with private equity is that it views ownership as a temporary matter -- it either swoops in to liquidate an acquisition, or it looks to quickly build value and sell. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5877.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:30:00 -0500 A coalition of 47 state broadcaster associations was responsible for winning an extension of the comment and reply period on the FCC's NPRM on encouraging http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5876.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:29:00 -0500 An indication that nobody is going to sit around twiddling their thumbs when a DTV issue comes up is the swiftness of the action to http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5841.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:48:00 -0500 Paying attention to the local audience is a key part of the business plan of most successful broadcasters. But the one-size-fits-all approach to encouraging localism, Radio News | Television News | Cable | Broadcasting | FCC | RBR | TVBR |