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Category: The FCC

  • FCC Indecency Crackdown? How about Indecency Crack?

    Wired News has a reasonable article examining the potentials for an FCC crackdown on indecency, given how emboldened the Christian right apparently feels after W’s narrow victory, and how much the FCC and Congress seem to want to suck up to the moral mornonity. I have to throw my lot in with Chicago Media Action’s…

  • Hold the Presses — Adelstein Likely To Stay at the FCC

    According to Broadcasting and Cable, it looks like Democratic FCC Commissioner Johnathan Adelstein is getting renominated by President Bush for another five year term. After the election the prevailing wisdom was that Adelstein would not be renominated, since his chief sponsor, Sen. Tom Daschle, lost reelection, and because he has been such an outspoken advocate…

  • Election Effects: Changes at the FCC

    Radio Ink has a rundown of likely changes at the FCC as a result of the election. In summary: Democrat and vocal media reformist Adelstein is out — he won’t be renominated because his chief supporter, Sen Tom Daschle, was not reelected. Kevin Martin is the likely successor to Chairman Powell if he decides to…

  • FCC Workin’ Too Hard

    Last week the FCC seemed to be in overdrive, having an open meeting, issuing rulings and putting out proposed rulemakings like mad. We covered most of it on last week’s radioshow, but for those who prefer to read I’ll post the text of the news (something I probably don’t do often enough). Click MORE to…

  • Michael Powell Blogs? Not quite.

    The blogosphere is a buzz that FCC Don Michael Powell has started a blog with the stated purpose “to hear from the tech community directly and to try to get beyond the traditional inside the Beltway Washington world where lobbyists filter the techies. I am looking forward to an open, transparent and meritocracy-based communication—attributes that…

  • Mikey Powell Might Step Down, This Can Only Improve the FCC

    Chairman Powell’s future at the FCC is primarily dependent on November’s election — if Kerry wins, he’ll appoint a Democrat as FCC chair, and Powell most certainly won’t stay on for that. However, the LA Times speculates that Powell may be preparing a post-election exit, regardless of outcome. Apparently, major telecomm lobbyists share this prediction,…