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January 25, 2012
CRTC Names Leonard Katz Acting Chairman
With KONRAD VON FINCKENSTEIN stepping down as Chairman of the CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, the agency has appointed Vice-Chairman of Telecommunications LEONARD KATZ as Acting Chairman. KATZ, a former executive at DIGIMERGE … more »
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November 7, 2011
NAB Letter To Senate Commerce Committee Voices Support Of Rosenworcel, Pai Nominations
The NAB has sent a letter to Sens. JAY ROCKEFELLER (D-WV), the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Committee, voicing the organization's support for the nominations of JESSICA ROSENWORCEL and … more »
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October 11, 2011
CFEQ/Winnipeg Gets Approval To Raise Its Power, Antenna
GOLDEN WEST BROADCASTING Contemporary Christian CFEQ (IGNITE 107)/WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA received approval from the CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CRTC) to change its class from A to C!, to increase its power from 920 to … more »
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July 29, 2011
Winnipeg Gets A New Top 40 Today
WINNIPEG, CANADA is getting a new Top 40 station, CFJL (ENERGY 106), at noon TODAY (7/29), reports THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS. "The format was decided after the EVANOV RADIO GROUP received about 1,500 emails from Winnipeggers who responded to requests … more »
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May 19, 2011
FCC's McDowell: Fairness Doctrine Still On FCC Books, Should Be Formally Repealed
FCC Commissioner ROBERT MCDOWELL told the TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION that he has discovered that the Fairness Doctrine, the old rule mandating "balance" of political opinion on radio and television and thought to have been repealed … more »
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May 11, 2011
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker To Exit For Job At Comcast/NBCUniversal
FCC Commissioner MEREDITH ATTWELL BAKER ihas announced that she will exit the Commission to join COMCAST as SVP of Government Affairs for the NBCUNIVERSAL unit on JUNE 3rd. BAKER, a Republican, joined the Commission in 2009 from the NATIONAL … more »
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April 14, 2011
Twenty Three Organizations Support FCC 'No Dictates' Enforcement
Twenty-three organizations have signed a letter to FCC Chairman JULIUS GENACHOWSKI in support of the recent FCC policy of enforcement against "no Urban" and "no Spanish" dictates in broadcast advertising. They wrote: Dear Chairman … more »
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March 22, 2011
FCC Reminds Broadcasters About New Nondiscriminatory Ad Sales Certification Requirement
Following up on last week's release about the new form for broadcast license renewals, the FCC's Enforcement Bureau has released an additional Enforcement Advisory to remind commercial television and radio broadcasters to the new requirement that they … more »
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February 23, 2011
MMTC Takes FCC To Task On Slow Progress On Minority Issues
The MINORITY MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL sent a letter to FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Chairman JULIUS GENACHOWSKI YESTERDAY (2/22), complaining about the "slow progress on minority entrepreneurship and equal employment issues." … more »
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January 11, 2011
Rep. Clyburn Calls For Return Of Fairness Doctrine
Rep. JIM CLYBURN (D-SC), the third-highest-ranking Democrat in the House and father of FCC Commissioner MIGNON CLYBURN, told the CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER that the country should "rethink parameters on free speech" in the wake of the … more »