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...
Mercury buzzed by FCC for $16K
KMTW-TV in Hutchinson KS made an error. For about a month and a half from the very end of May to the middle of...
Happy birthday, FCC
To hear former FCC Commisioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth tell it, he may well have wished that his job there was unnecessary. In a blog post,...
Down on the pharm
Pharmaceutical companies have come to partial agreement with House Energy and Commerce Committee stalwarts John Dingell (D-MI) and Bart Stupak (D-MI), with the result...