FTC demands short-term loan disclosure
Advertising for a trio of payday lenders was the topic of concern at the Federal Trade Commission. Although the advertising in question was on the internet rather than a broadcast outlet, the reinforced disclosure requirements could affect broadcast clients as well.
It's fine to be the licensee
Courier Communications says that Michael McGee Sr. is a paid contractor, and that he is responsible for the material that goes out over the...
Pryor-ities: Helping broadcasters
The key question fired to Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) during a session at the NAB State Leadership Conference was this: "Can we count on...
110th Congress, Part II: DTV, DTV and more DTV
Four key Commerce Committee telecom policy wonks from both houses of Congress met with broadcasters at yesterday's NAB State Leadership Conference and confirmed that...
Honig call for multilingual EAS DH
Natural disasters don't care what language its victims speak, making it all the more necessary for the nation's communications system to take into account...
Stevens in for another tilt
What were you doing on 11/18/23? Don't remember? Neither, we believe, does Ted Stevens (R-AK), who was busy being born that day. That means...
Ancient McCain FCC dealings dredged up
The flap over a New York Times story alleging a possibly improper relationship between presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain (R-AZ) and a communications...
Broadband bill in the works in the House
It doesn't even have a number yet, but a draft version of H.R. ___ is on the table for public discussion by Ed Markey's...
Promises, promises
It's easy to say you'll do something, and it's another to actually do it. The NAB would like the FCC to enforce a promise...
Battling meetings
The NAB and the FCC will be at loggerheads next Tuesday 2/26/08. The FCC is holding its February Open Meeting on that date, and...
Supremes get set to decide to decide
The FCC loss at the Second Circuit over its ability to levy punishment to broadcasters over instances of fleeting indecency has been appealed to...
There's a new watchdog in town
The mission of the National Hispanic Media Coalition is to "advance Latino employment and programming equity throughout the entertainment industry and to promote telecommunications...
Localism comments solicited
The FCC's NPRM on enhancing broadcast localism has officially made it into the Federal Register under MB Docket No. 04-233. The official publication date...
NAB commerce in campaign cash covers the bases
In last week's story of National Association of Broadcaster campaign contributions, we noted that among the beneficiaries of the NAB's generosity were prominent members...
Clear Channel hedging its bets?
Among the biggest political donors in the broadcast world for the 2008 election cycle is Clear Channel. Some will be surprised at where the...