Columns and Views
Let’s Toss Another Expensive and Useless Rule!
The seemingly obsolete NRSC mask measurement for AMs is a waste of time and...
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President’s Budget Request Would Slash CPB, Trim FCC, BBG
Public media funding again in crosshairs
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FCC Will Consider Creating a New FM Class
Pai says NPRM will explore idea of Class C4; “mom and pops” said to...
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O’Rielly vs. Small-Town News Over Pirate Coverage
Dust-up concerns prospective Colorado pirate
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Next Step in Revitalizing AM: FCC Order on Directional Arrays
The Federal Communications Commission took new steps last week in its efforts to help...
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Peter Doyle Set to Leave FCC
One of the more familiar faces of the commission for broadcasters for 22 years
Columns and Views
Beyond Broadcast, Busy Times Lie Ahead for Telecomm
Broadcast rules aren’t the only thing in play as Pai lays out modernization plans
News and Business
Diversity Advisors Named by Pai
Fernandez, Honig, Winston are among members of new committee on diversity and digital empowerment
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FCC Officially Proposes to Eliminate Main Studio Rule for Radio/TV
“Action would reduce regulatory burdens and costs for broadcasters”
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Nick Leggett Dies; Was Advocate for Microcasting and LPFM
One colleague describes him as “one of the sparks that started the fire”
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Pai Celebrates His Own First 100 Days
“By any objective measure, we’ve hit the ground running.”
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Law Firm Officially Asks FCC to Kill Main Studio Rule
Garvey Schubert Barer thinks the time is now
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MMTC: Online Recruitment Alone Not Sufficient
Internet EEO outreach must not supplant recruitment relationships with local sources, group argues
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Translator Feed Exception Denied to ENMU
FCC's Doyle rules in a case involving a New Mexico noncom FM with a...
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NAB Worries About Radio in Repack Process
Association says current transition plan ‘operates as if radio stations do not exist’
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Radio Owners: Hey Ho, Subcaps Have Got to Go
Six radio groups say AM/FM per-market limits are no longer effective
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NABOB Changes Stand on Radio/Newspaper Cross-Ownership
Also urges commission to explore a minority incubator program
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Two California Men Fined $25K for Broadcasts
FCC says both were warned multiple times that actions were illegal
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NAB to Uncle Sam: Allow FM Reimbursement in TV Repack
Radio stations should not have to pay “out of pocket” just to stay in...
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O’Rielly Challenges FCC on “Delegated Authority”
Commissioner renews his push to revise a common practice
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Listener Rebuked in Request to Deny a Station its License
FCC: free speech outweighs “subjective determination” of a listener