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• December 2, 2010

  Debt Commission Plan Backs FCC Auction Authority

  

  The NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REFORM -- the "Debt Commission" deputized by the OBAMA administration to come up with a plan to cut the deficit -- has included a provision encouraging Congress to give the FCC the authority … more »

• September 13, 2010

  FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn To Deliver United Church Of Christ's Parker Lecture

  

  FCC Commissioner MIGNON CLYBURN has been named this year's lecturer at the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST's EVERETT C. PARKER Lecture in Ethics and Telecommunications, reports MULTICHANNEL NEWS. The speech will be delivered on SEPTEMBER 29th in WASHINGTON, … more »

• August 5, 2010

  MMTC Lobbies FCC On Multilingual EAS

  

  The MINORITY MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL met with the leadership of the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau WEDNESDAY (8/4) to lobby for multilingual EAS. In an ex parte meeting letter, MMTC President/Exec. Dir. DAVID HONIG said … more »

• July 27, 2010

  MMTC Supports Foreign Ownership Proposal

  The MINORITY MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL has filed reply comments in the FCC's ownership rules review proceeding supporting proposals to relax foreign ownership limits.  The MMTC said that the FCC "should relax its outdated foreign … more »

• July 7, 2010

  FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Announces Staff Changes

  

  FCC Commissioner MIGNON L. CLYBURN has appointed ANGELA ("ANGIE") KRONENBERG as Chief of Staff, and ELOISE GORE will be on detail from the Media Bureau to advise the Commissioner on media and consumer issues. KRONENBERG has been serving as the … more »

• June 29, 2010

  MMTC Rips FCC On EEO, Asks For Suspension Of Rules After Year Of Inaction

  The MINORITY MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL has asked the FCC for a three-month suspension of the broadcast EEO rules.  The MMTC, in a letter by Pres./Exec. Dir. DAVID HONIG to FCC Chairman JULIUS GENACHOWSKI, is asking for the suspension to … more »

• January 6, 2010

  MMTC Responds To Opposition To Ch. 5-6 Freeze

  

  The MINORITY MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL has responded to opposition filed to its request that the FCC freeze LPTV and translator television applications to use channels 5 and 6, saying that " it is critical that the Commission refuse to … more »

• November 30, 2009

  MMTC Wants FCC To Freeze TV Channels 5 And 6

  

  The MINORITY MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL is asking the FCC to freeze applications to use VHF TV channels 5 and 6 for low power and digital TV and to reject any applications for the channels filed in AUGUST's filing window. The MMTC proposed in … more »

• October 26, 2009

  NAB, Radio One Weigh In At FCC On MMTC 'Radio Rescue'

  

  The FCC fielded a set of comments FRIDAY on the MINORITY MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL's "Radio Rescue Petition for Rulemaking," the 17-point plan to change various rules to encourage ownership diversity.   The MMTC filed its … more »

• June 26, 2009

  NAB Comments On FCC Confirmations

  

  Late YESTERDAY (6/25) the U.S. Senate confirmed President OBAMA's nomination of JULIUS GENACHOWSKI as chairman of the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NET NEWS 6/25). The Senate also confirmed the President's renomination of Robert McDowell as FCC … more »