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FCC releases ownership diversification rules
A number of measures directed at increasing the number of "eligible entities" in the ranks of broadcast owners are officially out on the street after ...Dems hold the financial edge
This is where a lot of the last-minute political buys will be coming from, especially if you're in a district that wasn't on anybody's map but suddenly proves competitive....Lineup inked in for Markey meeting
The witnesses are lined up for the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet hearing tomorrow entitled “Competition in the Sports Programming Marketplace.” (And you thought ...News organization brings terror to Tampa
The ongoing road show presented by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will pull into the Tampa Convention Center next week, 3/13/08. It’s actually ...Supremes stall on fleeting indecency
RBR/TVBR observation: If we were ABC, we would be arguing that this alone constitutes 1,339,000 reasons to throw the fine out on grounds of selective enforcement....It pays to have good faith
Informed on 2/20/07 of a hole in the fence around the tower for KRAE-AM Cheyenne WY, owned by Brahmin Broadcasting Corporation, the staff felt pretty ...Scout's honor: Tate wins award
FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate (R) has gone where no woman has gone before: To the list of honorees recognized as the annual recipient of ...Anchor segues from reading to making news
And the way it happened has rivals pondering possible complaints to regulatory authorities. ABC KEZI-TV 9 in Eugene OR is the on-air home of newsman ...From "acting" to "exiting"
The NTIA is charged with running the digital-to-analog converter box coupon program portion of the DTV transition, but it is undergoing a good bit of ...Majoras heading out at FTC
As the term of George W. Bush winds through its final year, we may see variations of this story in all sectors of his administration. ...Sports programming headed for the Hill
Sometimes we think if we scour the Bill of Rights closely enough, we will find a clause describing the inalienable right of all Americans to ...Cross-ownership easement under attack
Tribune did not like the FCC's move to allow limited broadcast/newspaper cross-ownership. It opened up only the top 20 DMAs, and Tribune feels all DMAs ...FTC demands short-term loan disclosure
Advertising for a trio of payday lenders was the topic of concern at the Federal Trade Commission. Although the advertising in question was on the internet rather than a broadcast outlet, the reinforced disclosure requirements could affect broadcast clients as well....It's fine to be the licensee
Courier Communications says that Michael McGee Sr. is a paid contractor, and that he is responsible for the material that goes out over the airspace ...Pryor-ities: Helping broadcasters
The key question fired to Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) during a session at the NAB State Leadership Conference was this: "Can we count on your ...Log in
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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 ...
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Does anyone else want to weigh in supporting this move? Do the sweeps really matter that much these days?
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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. ...
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 ...

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