FCC Enforcement Bureau Gets New Chief
Hunter Deeley succeeds Patrick Webre
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Meet the FCC’s New Chief Enforcer
Effective immediately, Patrick Webre is no longer the FCC's Enforcement Bureau Chief. That's because he will now take a senior role in the Office of Managing Director at the Commission. Who is Webre's successor? The Chief of Staff and Deputy Bureau Chief within the Enforcement Bureau.
A New Offering Tackles On-Air Monitoring, Alerting
MaxxKonnect has brought to market a modular software suite that it says "provides a clear, continuous picture" of critical program audio, online streams and over-the-air signals.
FCC Spurns NAB-Fueled Effort To Squash Radio Fee Hike
For the past two years, the amount owed to the Commission from AM and FM radio station owners for the right to use public spectrum has gone down. That ends this year: the FCC said no to requests from dozens of state broadcasters associations and the NAB to dampen a coming fee rise.
LPTV Association Backs HC2 Effort To Get FCC ‘5G’ Look
The companies led by low-power TV entrepreneur Frank Copsidas have filed an ex-parte with the FCC in support of HC2 Broadcasting’s "expert filing" about their meeting with members of Chairman Brendan Carr’s staff. The topic of discussion: 5G Broadcast capabilities and realities for LPTV stations.
AR/VR Capabilities Expand To CBS Boston
There are now 14 CBS News & Stations broadcast television stations bringing immersive weather storytelling to viewers, and the latest addition to the list of Paramount-owned properties embracing AR/VR technology for the local news studio now includes CBS Boston.
NBC Bay Area Goes With News As ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’ Bows
KNTV-11 in San Jose, branded as "NBC Bay Area," is adding an additional hour of local news to its daily schedule, starting September 7. It happens to be in the time slot that, until today, is held by a popular talk show hosted by the first "American Idol" winner turned pop star. Clarkson is signing off from daily TV.
National Religious Broadcasters Urges Supreme Court to Hear Texas Park Case
NRB argued lower courts misapplied strict scrutiny in a dispute over land in a San Antonio park
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Couchman Chosen As Pillar’s Programming Head
There's a new Chief Programming Officer for Pillar Media's non-secular radio stations serving Central New Jersey, Cincinnati and Denver. It's an individual who arrives from Gateway Creative Communications in St. Louis, where he served as OM for "99.1 JOY FM," the BOOST Radio Network and "WorshipOne."
Remembering 9/11: Jeff Littlejohn
“Everyone was operating on adrenaline,” former EVP of engineering for Clear Channel said
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