Broadcasting put on the back burner

It has been a slow year in Washington for broadcasters – not necessarily a bad thing – and it figures to continue along those lines. There are two overarching reasons for this. The first is

FCC won’t shrink bid penalties

Six broadcast companies withdrew bids during FM Auction No. 37 on seven CPs and watched as the sticks-to-be languished into Auction No. 62 where they were claimed at

FCC takes DTV into the green

One of the last things anybody wants is a sudden influx of hundreds of millions of discarded analog television sets into America’s dumps. The...

Indecency down for the count?

Have the language watchdogs scored a knock-out punch against the forces of indecency? Probably not – there are certainly edgy performers out there poised to slip over the line

CommComm to look at e-ads

It’s not the ads so much as what online operators can do with the underlying information that concerns members of the Senate Commerce Committee. “Individuals and businesses are becoming

Republican commissioners hail court video competition decision

Both FCC Chairnan Kevin Martin and Commissioner Robert McDowell praised a 6th Circuit decision that will help pave the way for telco entry into...

Rehr error?

A report by R&R from The Conclave media event has it that NAB President/CEO David Rehr admitted that the NAB didn’t leap into the...

DTV Consumer education initiative

On June 16, the Commission announced that beginning July 10, the FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Reports will be filed through CDBS. Broadcasters should recall that the first report was completed

FCC wins one in court

A federal appeals court in Cincinnati on Friday upheld rules adopted by the FCC that made it easier for Verizon, AT&T and others to...

Broadcasters rally the locals

The FCC’s localism proceeding, which dates back to 2004, had drawn 116,116 filings when we checked on Friday. If you exclude brief text comments filed on the FCC’s website, the count is only 4,896...

Boston pirate told to pay up

Richard Clouden didn’t respond when the FCC sent him a notice of apparent liability for a $10,000 fine for operating a pirate radio station...

Brokers want more from the FCC

The National Association of Media Brokers (NAMB) says its members support the FCC’s goals of encouraging minority ownership and barring discriminatory practices in the...

Non-com settles with FCC on EAS

When an FCC field agent visited KCEC-FM Wellton (Yuma), AZ on April 8, 2005, the agent found that the station had EAS equipment, but...

NAB says satellite arguments don’t hold water

Noting that both DirecTV and Dish Network have repeatedly used capacity arguments in the pass to try to get out of carrying all broadcast...

On second thought…

KJLA-TV Ventura, CA has wanted for some time to race into the digital transition and shut off its analog Channel 57 signal, leaving only...