Richardson gets NTIA

Most of the journals lacking the laser-like focus of RBR/TVBR are reporting the nomination of NM Governor Bill Richardson to serve as Barack Obama’s...

FCC December agenda includes DTV translators

The five FCC commissioners will consider rules allowing translators for digital television stations that have experienced coverage-area shrinkage in the switch from analog to...

Loose end session likely at FCC December meet-up

The clock is running out on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, as well as on the run-up to the DTV transition. Look for a wide...

Watchdog helps hunt for new FCC chair

Free Press has taken to the pages of the inside-the-Beltway Washington press to describe its ideal candidate for the next opening at the FCC’s

File under agree to decree

The FCC had some problems with the public files kept by Utica College, licensee of noncommercial WPNR-FM in Utica NY. His generally results in...

Matthews moving from pundit to target?

The politicians who have found themselves in the verbal crosshairs of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews may someday soon find him on their side of the verbal shooting gallery. Widespread

FTC yanks cigarette justifier

Is there a way to prove that your brand of cigarette is less harmful than the other guy’s, and say as much in your...

Full-participation government?

Among the tenets of the Barack Obama innovation strategy is the promotion of policy which “catalyzes active citizenship and partnerships in shared governance with...

FCC starts clock on Ion/Urban deal

The unique transaction between Ion Media and Urban Television, an entity related to RLJ Companies and BET founder Robert Johnson, would make the two co-licensees of 52 television

Some holes apparently have a purpose

After receiving complaints about Perihelion Global’s WTKN-AM Corinth MS, and FCC agent called to arrange an inspection with Perihelion. They went unreturned. A few...

RTNDA wants FCC to close sponsorship study

The Radio Television News Directors Association has joined with other media groups in telling the FCC that sponsorship identification rules already in place are...

Time extended for FM power comments

The FCC Media Bureau is considering proposals for an FM power boost associated with the switch to digital broadcasting, and numerous related issues pertaining...

Timing is everything

You wouldn’t think Red Lion PA, home of Red Lion Broadcasting’s Christian indy WGCB-TV, has or has had any connection whatsoever to Washington DC....

Gone but not forgotten?

Try gone but not gone. Henry Waxman (D-CA) may be running the show in the House Energy and Commerce Committee going forward, but Speaker...

Wardrobe malfunction could be going all – the – way

All the way to the Supreme Court, that is, if the FCC gets its way. CBS defeated a $550K FCC fine for Janet Jackson’s...