FCC to Radio Pirates: $15,000 Arrgh!

FCC fines couple $15,000 for operating an unlicensed radio station

"...In August 2013, agents from the FCC Enforcement Bureau's Houston office responded to a complaint that..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Brandon Watson

FCC Overruled on 'Wardrobe Malfunction' Fine

"...The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled the FCC's penalty, noting that the commission had "acted arbitrarily and..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The FCC under the Obama Administration

The short list for Federal Communication Commission Chairmanship

"...over who should take the reins as the new FCC Chairperson. Among the candidates are two African American women..."

Nov. 11, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Anger Fills the Air(waves) at FCC Hearing

Activists from the left and right challenge corporate media in Clear Channel's own back yard

"...their licenses. And overwhelmingly, the message sent to the FCC was that broadcasters are failing in that mission, and..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Opposes FCC's Plans

"...up and protect the freedom of the Internet! The FCC is allowing 120 days (from March 15) of public..."

May 16, 2014 Postmarks

FCC: Local TV Affiliates to Post Political Buys

New ruling means Austin stations to put campaign data online

"...In a statement released today, the FCC announced that broadcast stations will have to put what..."

April 27, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

FCC Lowers Cost of Inmate Calls

Video-conferencing company Securus Technologies opposes FCC fee change

"...The FCC voted to drastically reduce the cost of phone calls..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Are You Decent?

Dudley & Bob and the footsoldiers in the FCC's war on pop culture

"..."The broadcast industry said to the FCC that we will have a zero tolerance policy, but..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Clips

Microradio wins FCC approval, but advocates of the low-wattage stations say the rules for winning a license will prohibit most stations and silence the microradio community's radical voice.

"...maybe not. On Jan. 20, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved new rules which legalize a new class of..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Media Watch: Shiver Me Timbers

Pirate radio station tells FCC to go walk a plank

"...monopoly cartel, the Texas Association of Broadcasters and the FCC protecting their cartel illegally," said Stevens, part of a..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch

Not-so-hidden agendas orbit around satellite merger approval

"...choices. This is, of course, to put it in FCC-approved terms, a bit of cow poop. In fact, they..."

March 2, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

The End of the Free and Open Internet?

Austin's creative class worries what the FCC net neutrality ruling means for life online

"...the large telecom firms have lobbied politicians and the FCC to allow new rules that would allow them to..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

The FCC holds hearings in San Antonio, and activists and scholars plan a democratic reception

"...Building, 103 Main Plaza. For more details, see the FCC's Web site at www.fcc.gov/localism; for an activist perspective, try..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Other Nov. 4 election

FCC vote could restrict the use of "white space" and widen the digital divide, according to media reform advocates.

"...Nov. 4 is the date the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on whether to open unused television airwaves..."

Oct. 28, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...of communications giants like Time Warner and Viacom. The FCC is the only governmental body that can grant an..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Media Watch: Marfa Ready for NPR?

An attempt to bring public radio to West Texas shows that no good deed goes unpunished

"...he says, has been two years of acrimony and FCC delays, capped by the continued focus in Marfa on..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

David (and Jesus) vs. Goliath

The city alleges that Time Warner Cable is offering illegal discounts to snuff out competition.

"...a response to Time Warner's legal petition to the FCC to declare Austin a market with "effective competition." Such..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Preachers and Pirates

The FCC proposes LPFM stations as an alternative to microradio, but that political process also generates static.

"...Free Radio Berkeley was shut down in 1994, the FCC cracked down on microradio stations in earnest. But busting..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Radio Bullies

"...The major obstacle is the FCC itself. In the last decade or so, the commission..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...to regulating frequencies, the feds also decided that the FCC would regulate content. They included some really smushy wording..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

Reform on Hold

Want Telecom Reform? Hang Up and Dial Again

"...plant that makes up the telephone network. Under the FCC's rules, the incumbents were required to sell access to..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

TV Eye

What a mess the FCC is making of things.

"...TV Sets"). The request comes in response to the FCC mandate that all broadcasters transition from analog to digital..."

May 9, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our Free Radio coverage generates some audio radiance, and more.

"...FCC Targets Politicos..."

June 29, 2001 Column

Psychographical Communities

Internet Radio: Sounds Heard 'Round the World

"...anathema to commercial stations (like KGSR), who follow stringent FCC guidelines, as well as artist royalty strictures set by..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

50 Watts of Freedom

"...10 stations on the air for every one the FCC shut down." Among these upstart stations were the now-defunct..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Chris Womack

Naked City

Microradio station Free Radio Austin gets shut down again.

"...When FCC officials finally produced a warrant, it provided for the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Shannon Young

The Propagandists in Our Backyard

KEYE CBS partakes in Orwellian pro-Trump script

"...a commentator who in 2007 was fined by the FCC for being paid to promote George Bush’s education policies..."

April 6, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Katrina Aftermath Radio: A Brief, Dysfunctional Life

Attempts to set up a low-power FM for Astrodome residents killed by bureaucracy

"..."The first radio license I got from the FCC, for KOOP radio, took 11 years," said Austin airwave..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

TV Eye

I'm going to Vegas, baybee! For work, of course.

"...Day two starts with an address by FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps. After a year full of..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

FCC raids shuts down the third and last local microradio station.

"...Dial 'F' For FCC..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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