Hearst agrees to decree with FCC on earth station misunderstanding
The FCC and Hearst Stations have agreed to call off the dogs and enter into a finding-free compliance program regarding use of a newsgathering...
Women
The Alliance for Women in Media has weighed in with the FCC on the plan announced many months ago by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski...
Stations duck fines for failure to renew license
Getting out of paying a fine is usually a good thing, but the circumstance that most often gets that result is one that most...
Satellite audio SDB tier put on hold once again
One of the conditions put on the merger of Sirius and XM satellite radio operations into XM Sirius was the establishment of a system...
Advice to small broadcasters: Stay on top of your FCC paperwork
Whether virtual or not, every entity that holds an FCC license is responsible to follow the rules and regulations, and it is responsible to be aware of just what those rules and regulations are
Watchdogs host DC insiders at Minnesota internet confab
Free Press, SaveTheInternet.com, the Center for Media Justice and New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative are among the groups behind a public forum on...
Building a better rabbit: NAB reports on better indoor TV antennae
Technology has come a long, long way from the days when most of us got our television programming directly off the air, and manipulating...
Quartet of Democrats weighs in with FCC on net neutrality
Four key Democratic members of the House of Representatives have fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski endorsing his “third way” approach...
FCC establishes Office of Native Affairs and Policy
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) now has an Office of Native Affairs and Policy which will work to promote the deployment and adoption of...
FCC broadcast complaints up in Q4 2009
The FCC is out with its quarterly report on informal consumer inquiries and complaints. Complaints were down overall from Q3, but up for radio...
Pile of LPTV and translator applications accepted by FCC
The FCC has released a long list of TV translator and low-power TV applications which have been accepted for filing. Each is not mutually...
Commissioner Michael Copps blasts Verizon-Google deal
With the FCC unable to form an industry consensus on what
License reinstatement plea rejected by FCC
WYLE-TV Florence, AL will remain but a memory. The FCC has rejected an appeal by former owner ETC Communications to reinstate the station’s license.WYLE,...
MMTC applauds Menendez race/gender study, but not its results
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) recently released a study of minority and female participation in senior management and boardroom roles at America’s top corporations. The...
FCC questioning license-worthiness of NV FM translator owner
It all comes down to the answer Eddie Floyd gave to the FCC Form 345 Inquiry No. 8, to the effect that the licensee,...