FTC’s gripes of wrath
The Federal Trade Commission fielded over 1.2M consumer complaints in 2008, and the bad news is that broadcasters were among the top 20 topics...
Conyers tees up performance royalty
The full House Judiciary Committee under John Conyers (D-MI) is scheduled to hear arguments for and against H.R. 848, the "Performance Rights Act" next...
It’s still all DTV all the time at the FCC
At least that’ll be the case for the Open Meeting portion of FCC operations. Next Thursday 3/5/09, the three sitting commissioners will hear about...
File under busted
A pair of public file violations pending since the summer of 2005 have been dispatched by the FCC. KWSC-FM Wayne NE, licensed to Wayne...
Third try for Commerce: Is it a Locke?
After failing to make Commerce Secretary Bill Richardson and Judd Gregg stick, the Obama administration is hoping that the selection of former Washington State...
Leibowitz headed to FTC chair?
FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz may be moving to the big chair – he’s been at the agency since 2004. He would replace Republican William...
Woe is WOLY
Deleted Battle Creek MI station WOLY-AM will stay deleted after the FCC turned down requests from former licensee Christian Family Network Inc. to bring...
Supremes tell FCC to get in line
The FCC will actually be getting in line behind itself, apparently, in its attempt to overturn a lower court ruling which eliminated a fine...
Complainant calls foul in LMA decree
The $18K consent decree struck between D.B. Zwirn, Tama Broadcasting Inc. and the FCC over an LMA that allegedly went over the line has...
Legislators try again to head off Fairness
Platoons of Republican legislators in both houses of Congress are trying once again to get a vote on the Broadcaster Freedom Act. In fact,...
Senate panel announces witnesses
The Wednesday morning Senate Judiciary hearing entitled "Ensuring Television Carriage in the Digital Age" will feature two broadcasters, one satellite operator and – surprisingly...
Fairness no fair in Obama’s eyes
White House staffer Ben LaBolt has told Foxnews.com that the President remains firmly against reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine, just as he stated during...
When friends get too close
D.B.Zwirn was a financial backer of radio group Tama Broadcasting Inc., licensee of several stations in Florida and Georgia. A complainant charged that Zwirn...
Surprising fish to fry at Judiciaries
We took a peek into the websites of the two Congressional Judiciary Committees yesterday morning to see if anything was coming up regarding the...
JBU gets a reduction
This is a classic “big whoop” story that dates back to 2004, when KLRC-FM licensee John Brown University was hit with a $9K public...