FOX DEMANDS THE FCC ACT ON PHILLY STATION LICENSE…NOW
Wants commission action “without delay”
Category: A slice of Pai
FOX LINES UP LOCAL SUPPORT FOR WTXF LICENSE RENEWAL
Enlisting local politicians to counter a group of national heavy-hitters
FCC IS NOW FULLY STAFFED; MAY ACTUALLY DO SOME WORK
Anna Gomez joins as the latest Commission member
PUBLIC COMMENT UNDERWAY ON THE WTXF LICENSE
FOX tries to neutralize any negativity
FOX CITES ENDORSEMENTS AS IT FIGHTS A LICENSE CHALLENGE
Meanwhile, the FCC takes a rare step in the WTXF renewal issue
MORE VOICES JOIN THE OPPOSITION TO FOX OWNERSHIP OF WTXF
And it’s still another former FOX executive
OPPOSITION TO FOX’S PHILADELPHIA STATION RENEWAL GROWS
The latest is a former Republican FCC Commission chair
FORMER FOX “NEWS” TALKING HEAD JOINS EFFORT TO YANK A LOCAL TV LICENSE
Neocon Bill Kristol agrees that FOX needs to be punished for its Dominion lies
THINK THE FCC DOES ANYTHING ON THE PETITION TO YANK WTXF’S LICENSE?
Stop laughing
ACTIVIST GROUP ASKS FCC TO YANK FOX’S LICENSE FOR WTXF IN PHILADELPHIA
Cites the owners’ election lies
AN INDUSTRY WATCHDOG WANTS THE FCC TO SAY “NO” TO NEXSTAR
Mission Broadcasting’s proposed purchase of a Detroit tv station is, in effect, a Nexstar acquisition
TEGNA GETS SHARES BACK FROM STANDARD GENERAL
And that’s how SG handled the $136 million termination fee it was required to pay
ANOTHER SHOT AT BREAKING THE TIE
Will the FCC become a functioning agency again?
D-DAY LOOMS FOR STANDARD GENERAL-TEGNA DEAL
With a May 22 deadline for financing will SG get its up-or-down vote?
IN MEMORIAM: THE STANDARD-TEGNA DEAL 2022-2023
A former FCC staffer sticks a fork in it
STANDARD GENERAL’S DEMAND MAY BE TOO LATE
Hedge fund’s managing partner wants a full FCC vote….now
WE’VE HEARD THIS SOHN BEFORE
Here we go again with the FCC nominee-in-waiting
MAYBE SHE FINALLY GETS OUT OF SENATE LIMBO
The Senate may actually move on this FCC Commissioner-in-waiting
NET NEUTRALITY STILL A THING
The COVID-19 public health emergency has given additional life to opponents of the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules. The FCC has granted a 21-day extension for comments on some of its Restoring Internet ...
TEGNA’S WOULD-BE SUITORS MIGHT NEED TO ADJUST
Whether it’s Byron Allen’s Allen Media, investor group Apollo Media or the latest entrant, a partnership between a Phoenix investor group and religious broadcaster Trinity Broadcasting, if any of them are successful in their ...
WHAT NEXT?
The future of a Missouri station is in limbo following a federal action last week. The FCC posted a dismissal of the application of News Press and Gazette to buy KQTV in St. Joseph, ...
CONSUMERS LOSE (AND WIN) ON NET NEUTRALITY
While a federal appeals court this week upheld the FCC’s erasing of net neutrality laws, the court also delivered a stinging blow to the Ajit Pai-led commission. While upholding the repeal, the court ruled ...
THOSE PESKY JUDGES INTERFERE AGAIN
The Republican-led FCC’s efforts to relax a series of restrictions on ownership of TV stations has been sidelined by a federal appeals court. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals this week ruled 2-1 that ...
OOPS
For the second time in less than a month, the Federal Communications Commission has tentatively slapped a stiff fine on a media company for transmitting a simulated Emergency Alert System (EAS) tone during a telecast. ...
PAI: WE’RE READY FOR DORIAN
As Hurricane Dorian loses punch while it meanders in a northeasterly direction off the Coastal South, FCC Chair Ajit Pai wants us to know that the Commission is prepared. For what? FCC staffers have ...
NOW IT’S UP TO THE FCC
Nexstar and Tribune have settled with the Justice Department to get their proposed $6.4 billion merger approved. The FCC must still complete its public interest review of the merger, which goes beyond antitrust issues. ...
WHO BELIEVES THIS LOGIC?
So let’s see if we got this straight – according to the investment bankers who pass for broadcasters these, if you eliminated the tv station ownership cap, competition would thrive. Using that logic, if ...
MR. SOOK GOES TO WASHINGTON
Nexstar Media CEO Perry Sook wants the FCC to get off the dime and reset the national ownership of tv stations back to 78%. Pronto. “The 78% represents the compromise position that the NAB ...
REVIVING NET NEUTRALITY? SLIM CHANCE
It will be interesting to see just how far the latest legislative effort to resurrect net neutrality will go. Earlier this week, the House Communications Subcommittee has voted along party lines to refer the ...
SINCLAIR DODGES A BULLET….FOR NOW
No doubt if you were passing through Hunt Valley, MD in the past 48 hours, you heard a huge sigh of relief which we have identified as Sinclair Broadcasting’s reaction to the FCC’s new ...
FCC TRIES TO DEFEND KILLING NET NEUTRALITY
The Federal Communications Commission has its work cut out for it as it tries to defend its dismantling of net neutrality rules. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District ...
SERVING UP MORE PAI FOR THE “FORESEEABLE FUTURE”
Devoted fans of industry lobbyist/FCC Chair Ajit Pai will be pleased to hear that the consumer-hostile boss plans to stick around the FCC for a bit longer. Quite a bit if he has his ...
THE SINCLAIR-TRIB LIMBO
Way back last summer, when the FCC decided to shunt the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger deal off to an administrative judge, it was widely reported (including here) that the move effectively killed the deal. The ...
FCC: SINCLAIR-TRIBUNE DEAL-NO BIAS
The Federal Communications Commission’s Inspector General says there was no evidence of impropriety relating to the proposed – and now DOA – merger of Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media Co. This tidbit from the ...
HE KNEW ALL ALONG – AND KEPT QUIET
It turns out that industry lobbyist/FCC chair Ajit Pai knew all along that there never was a cyberattack on the FCC, but he kept his mouth shut at the request of the Inspector General ...