Given the non-ad ads on that are on KUT all the damn time, I wondered when this would happen. The article doesn't say what station was fined, however.

The cable operator paid people off the street to pack an FCC hearing on its network discrimination practices, keeping critics and activists from attending or speaking at the hearing.

Robert Greenwald has collected tacky moments on Fox News, suggesting its content is indecent.

"Given the broad investment across the country in translators and the unique service that they provide in both rural and more urban areas, often importing unique noncommercial channels, would the additional localism provided by LPFM justify the change in

Free conference call services were "exploiting some legacy telco regulations, that were officially designed to help rural telcos get extra money to build out more rural service."

This is really interesting, even if the authors are total corporate douches. The authors complain that low-power licenses interfere with corporate radio's requests to upgrade their equipment, just as it should be.

I used to wonder why UNT's jazz station's call letters were KNTU instead of... Apparently folks in Denton are smarter than folks in Maui

The Broadcast Law Blog suggests that Thompson's presidential campaign may force seasons of "Law & Order" off the air.

Each household is eligible for two coupons for DTV conversion boxes worth forty dollars when the DTV transition takes place.

You should watch this video that compiles clips to make a case for networkneutrality. The most interesting part is how the Final Cut file is available for download.

I tend to agree with this in principle, but I don't think the rules that were in place until 1987 make sense today.

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A 1939 recording of Cary Grant's vocal performance of the FCC's station identification rules.

Our state media was nice enough to put Bill Moyers' special on network neutrality in full online. (via donturn)

Via TechDirt, the FCC has approved Arbitron's portable people meter, which constantly monitors media for audio watermarks to get ratings.

Via Dan Gillmor, FCC has given increasingly more citations to unlicensed FM operators.

The conglomerate wants to own up to twelve stations in the largest US markets, citing competition from sattelite radio and digital music players. I'm not sure this radio ownership issue even matters any more.

Open channels that could be used by low-power community-run stations can gobbled up by non-profit translators, often by evangelical organizations broadcasting nationwide. These maps show the contrast between use by community LPFM and translator stations.

The FCC is stepping up enforcement of unlicensed microradio operators and levvying stiffer fines. This post suggests that people are still clamoring for access to the airwaves in urban areas.

Good for them.

Blog post says that Kevin Martin has come out in favor of network discrimination, allowing AT&T and other to charge Google, Vonage, and others for traffic on their networks.

Rundown of FCC decency enforcement actions by the FCC