Congress gives FCC some homework
Mark Pryor (D-AR) has seen his Child Safe Viewing Act make it through the Senate, and the House has followed suit. It’s hard to...
Stevens escape attempt comes up short
The defense team for Ted Stevens (R-AK) thought they had grounds for a mistrial, and they certainly had an angry judge at least in...
FDA looking at children medicine marketing
The Food and Drug Administration is concerned that its current oversight regimen is based on conditions extent way back in the 1960s and is...
CBC questions localism proposals
27 members of the Congressional Black Caucus are questioning FCC localism proposals; particularly, proposals to require 24/7 on-site station staffing and to have a studio in the actual city
Hispanic broadcasters endorse Martin proposal
The Spanish Broadcasters Association (SBA) thinks FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s proposal to grant must-carry status to Class A television stations is an excellent idea. The SBA has a vested interest
Optimism underlies streaming issues
SoundExchange and internet audio streamers believe they’re on the verge of a deal to tie a realistic royalty structure to the fledgling industry, but not before Congress adjourns. That’s a problem, since
FCC sticks former owner with fines
A pair of New Orleans AM stations had some public file omissions that came to light at license renewal time back in 2004. Although...
CPB nominations passed
The Senate Commerce Committee approved the full slate of nominees to serve on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Back for another term are Cheryl...
FCC tees up October meeting
The last utterances of the FCC’s September Open Meeting had barely finished echoing through the hallways at the agency’s SW Washington HQ before Chairman...
FTC urges food makers to take care with under 12 demo
In testimony before a Senate panel, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz recommended a proactive approach from food manufactures when marketing products to children under age 12. Self regulation
Stevens trial under way
There may be some big names called to testify in the trial of Ted Stevens (R-AK) on charges that he withheld information on value...
Repeat performances for Martin, Atwell-Baker, Goldstein
The Senate Commerce Committee’s sequel to last weeks House DTV hearing is pegged for tomorrow, 9/23/08 at 2:30 PM Eastern. Making an encore from...
FCC to tidy up pending file at this week’s meeting
This week’s 9/25/08 FCC Open Meeting has no less than 17 separate docket items to consider, and all but two concern the Media Bureau. But...
Groups push House on Resolution
Maybe we should have written “Groups PUSH,” since Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition is one of the organizations trying to get the House to endorse...
Further methods of ducking an FCC fine
This tale involves broadcast spectrum a bit to the north of the highest-slotted FM station, all the way up to 156.800 MHz, which is...