Exit stage right, or wrong?

News organizations are fretting about exit polling. The fear? That some citizens, in their enthusiasm for their candidate, will actually seek out pollsters and...

More time to embed reply contents into the record

The FCC’s window for public comment on the issue of sponsorship identification regulations with regard to embedded advertising has been opened a little bit...

WIAC attack: Dealers draw fines

The buyer and seller of WIAC-FM in San Juan PR have both been found liable for a $3K FCC fine for failure to disclose...

NAB wants time to comment on white spaces

The National Association of Broadcasters is calling foul. It says it is highly irregular, if not illegal, for the FCC to issue a complex...

NAB supports limited analog extension

One of the best tools available during the DTV transition test run in Wilmington NC was the analog echo available on over-the-air television stations. Seen only by consumers who had failed to take

White space devices pass FCC test

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin says that an exhaustive study by FCC reports has confirmed that allowing unlicensed devices to operate between channels in television’s sector of the spectrum has been

Lame duck sessions in the works

The Senate is definitely going to convene after the elections are over, and it looks like the House of Representatives will follow suit, according...

Fairness warnings still in the air

Even though there has been no steady drumbeat to revive the Fairness Doctrine that we are aware of, there has been a steady drumbeat...

Are 3rd parties raising the electoral Barr?

The left-right battle lines are clearly drawn in the contest between John McCain and Barack Obama, but both have gadflies on their flanks that...

If a translator falls in the wilderness…

Or, if a translator interferes with a station and nobody hears it, is it really interference? Living Way Ministries was initially prohibited from building...

More support for Class A proposal

The Coalition for Local Television was joined by over 150 Class A television station licensees in signing a petition asking the FCC to go...

Just the fax, ma’am

Has the FCC discovered a way to solve the economic crisis? Probably not, but if companies continue to send out unsolicited fax advertising, it...

FCC takes its show on the road

The October open meeting of the Federal Communications Commission will be held in Nashville next week. Out of seven agenda items, only one directly...

FLAIM claim extinguished by FCC

The Finger Lakes Alliance for Independent Media had to do more than let its fingers do the walking to stop a deal between Citadel...

Minority tax credit still on back burner?

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters notes in its latest newsletter that support is growing for reinstatement of the minority tax certificate, am...