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...
Another look at the 2010 senate races
The Republican contingent is already looking at four retirements in 2010, affecting races in FL, KS, OH and MO. It may have another incumbency...
Copps gets the interim nod
Democratic FCC Commissioner Michael Copps has been tapped by President Barack Obama to head up the FCC pending Senate confirmation of a permanent chair, widely reported to be Julius Genachowski
McCain drops out of Commerce
John McCain (R-AZ) is resuming his Senate career after spending the better part of two years chasing an assignment in the Oval Office. But...
Supremes uphold racy internet fare
The Third Circuit in Philadelphia held that there are limits to what Congress can do to regulate pornography on the internet without running afoul...
Cable companies take multiple FCC hits
The infractions included failure to respond fully to an FCC letter of inquiry regarding the practice of moving analog television programming to digital tiers...
MMTC gives legislators a laundry list
Diversity advocate Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, in partnership with the National Urban League, is wasting no time putting its agenda before the 111th...
FEC due for an overhaul?
The New York Times editorial board notes that the Obama administration is looking at changes to the increasingly dysfunctional Federal Election Commission. It has...
Martin turns in his term paper
As far as we can remember, exiting denizens of the rarified atmosphere of the FCC’s 8th Floor have made a statement and let it go at that, chairs and rank and file commissioners alike
Emmis renewals cleared over protest
Radio stations in Indianapolis and Terre Haute licensed to Emmis Communications have been cleared for re-take-off despite yet another attempt to have their licenses revoked by
The buzz on Genechowski
A changing of the guard in Washington is the signal to get the PR machinery in gear, and the anticipation of the FCC Chairmanship...
McDowell expresses doubts about DTV transition
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell fired off a letter the Chairman Kevin Martin expressing his concern that he and the other commissioners have been out...