New names atop Commerce
As expected, Judd Gregg (R-NH) will be exiting the Senate to join the Obama administration as Secretary of Commerce. And coming with him will...
Watchdog field expands and other targets
Americans United for Change are taking their with Limbaugh or with the people campaign to three more states, targeting Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr...
Gregg cabinet post would leave Senate balance unaltered
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has said that if Judd Gregg (R-NH) exits to take over the Department of Commerce for Barack Obama,...
McDowell reiterates call for FCC reform
Robert McDowell underscored the positive efforts Acting Chairman Michael Copps has already made at the FCC in an address to the FCC Bar Association,...
Seismic shift in store for Senate?
The rumor mill late last week was running hot and heavy with word that Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) was being considered by the Obama...
Tate surfaces at MMTC
Former FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate is one of two new board members at the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, where she is expected...
Copps issues his first Sunshine notice
The initial FCC Open Meeting under Acting Chairman Michael Copps will be held next Thursday, 2/5/09, at 2PM in the FCC digs in Southwest...
Copps holds off on FCC facelift
Acting FCC Commissioner thanked lone Republican Robert McDowell for his remarks on Commission procedures while it awaits the arrival of a new permanent chair....
Cable getting a kinder, gentler FCC?
A dispute between cable companies and independent program suppliers was referred to an administrative law judge, than yanked back for FCC consideration after the...
Litéra launches Broadcast1Source for EEO and FCC compliance
Litéra Corp. announced the release of its newest EEO and FCC compliance portal for radio and television broadcasters. Broadcast1Source (www.broadcast1source.com), Litéra’s second-generation portal for...
Newspaper gets behind Genachowski
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune called for an FCC driven to support the public interest and hailed the purported nomination of Julius Genachowski for the Chair...
Copps settles in for interim
Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps convened a meeting with the FCC calling for a renewed sense of communication and cooperation within the agency –...
Obama’s FOIA grasp
The government under President Barack Obama, when in doubt, is supposed to now operate with a presumption of openness when administering a Freedom of...
Swingtime means fine time for noncom
Jones College was running Norm Vincent’s “Swingtime’ on its noncommercial WKTZ-FM Jacksonville FL back in 2005. It’s a prerecorded program that Vincent supplied gratis....
Dems come to CommComm
Jay Rockefeller will have a three-member edge to work with when the 111th Congress Commerce Committee gets down to business. The Democratic lineup features...