Category Archives: The FCC

Why stations carry one hour of a syndicated show at 3 AM

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Fred Stiening

This is one of those oddities of radio syndication, made more interesting by technology. Rush Limbaugh offers “exclusivity” to its affiliates. If your station signs with Rush, nobody in your market is allowed to carry the show – it might … Continue reading →

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FCC computer systems held hostage!

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Fred Stiening

The FCC’s computer systems will be down for almost a week – probably related to implementing the FCC’s move of their systems “to the cloud” in the Robert Byrd Confederate memorial data center in West Virginia. The systems will be … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, The FCC | 1 Comment

Travis LeBlanc – a person you want to know

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Travis LeBlanc is the head of the FCC Enforcement Bureau. Tom Wheeler put him in that position. He’s clearly an Obama technocrat. http://www.marcus-spectrum.com/Blog/files/LeBlanc314.html I see big changes already, and they are positive. As I’m going through the list, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in The FCC, Zombie Watch | 7 Comments

Happy First Net Neutrality Day

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Mignon Clyburn will surely have a smile on her face this morning as she votes to neuter Rush Limbo.

Posted in Collapse of America, Rush Limbaugh, The FCC | 2 Comments

Ideas on “saving” AM radio

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Rush Limbaugh breathed another 25 years into AM radio, but time is running out. Other than getting rid of Rush, the FCC can’t agree on how to “save” a technology whose time has come and gone. The FCC’s Republican member … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, The FCC | 17 Comments

The FCC Silent Treatment

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Fred Stiening

For those volunteers aspiring to become hard core radio data junkies 😉 or highly paid communications law attorneys, it is useful to know the process for a radio station to not be on the air. A few random things to … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, The FCC, Volunteer | 1 Comment

FCC to require radio stations to have a website

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The FCC has proposed a rule that will require all radio stations to have a website and is asking for comments on their rule. The FCC is owning up to the reality that the main studio requirement is unenforceable. Currently, … Continue reading →

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Clear Channel heading to Supreme Court

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This is a good example of how the FCC operates as a quasi government agency, with the NAB steering the boat. This legal document is quite detailed. http://www.fcc.gov/document/court-opinion-leyse-v-clear-channel-6th-cir The FCC was empowered By Congress to make up rules to prohibit … Continue reading →

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Mignon Clyburn going after Armstrong Wiliams

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Search the blog if you don’t know who she is This story broke on the Wall Street Journal and Fox News and now picked up by the Washington Times http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/10/fcc-targets-black-conservative-in-tv-station-fight/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS Unlike radio, the rules are still in effect limiting ownership … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, The FCC | 12 Comments

FCC wants Internet fairness

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/fcc-plans-to-allow-online-discrimination-20140219 The Federal courts have repeatedly told the FCC it has no legal authority to create “net neutrality”, but the new FCC chairman is at it again. With the courts pretty solidly in the hands of progressives, a pretty successful … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Internet Insecurity, Mobile Streaming, Radio Biz, The FCC | 15 Comments