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NAB extols broadcasters’ critical role during emergencies
The FCC is looking at sustaining the reliability and continuity of electronic communications during times of crisis. The NAB was able to explain that...
Rep touts broadcast role in homeland security
Hansen Clark (D-MI) believes that broadcasters play a vital role in providing critical information to citizens of the United States, and he’s asking the...
Michigan Rep Calls for Incentive Auction Hearing
Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-Mich.) says that insuring that broadcasters retain their coverage areas after the FCC reclaims spectrum and repacks stations in incentive auctions...
Eliminate Broadcasting, Put Content Online, Says U.K.’s House of Lords
Recommendation part of National Broadband Plan
LONDON: U.S. broadcasters are not alone when it comes to facing displacement by wireless services. The United Kingdom’s House...
Is Congress Waking Up?
August 1, 2012 - A bright light is emerging from Congress as a bipartisan group of members are calling again for a spectrum inventory...
Spectrum Inventory Bill Re-Introduced
WASHINGTON: U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) have re-introduced legislation to inventory the airwaves. The pair have resurrected the...
What spectrum crunch?
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology issued a major report this month recommending to President Barack Obama that he direct the...
PCAST report concludes spectrum scarcity ‘an illusion’
Contrary to commonly accepted wisdom, there is no scarcity of spectrum, and any shortage is “an illusion” created by how the federal government manages...
Pai Concerned About Where FCC Is Headed on ‘Big Issues’
He may be in the minority, but new Republican FCC commissioner Ajit Pai has some major changes he would like to see the FCC make....
‘Complete Chaos’ Predicted if TV Repack is Done Right After Auctions
WASHINGTON: Repacking 1,800 full-power TV stations into 40 percent less spectrum in three years will be chaotic if there’s no planning period after incentive...