
John Eggerton
Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Tech, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Latest articles by John Eggerton

Phase One and Done: FCC Marks First TV Station Repack Milestone
By John Eggerton published
Nine more phases to go in post-incentive auction channel switches.

Broadcast, Cable to FCC: C Band Sharing Needs More Study
By John Eggerton published
NAB, NCTA, ACA, NPR defend their distribution "backbone"

Broadcasters Get Extra Time to File Ownership Reports
By John Eggerton published
Commission wants to finish tweaks to make process easier.

Gray Buying KDLT-TV Sioux Falls
By John Eggerton published
Purchase price was $32.5 million, according to Kalil & Company, which represented Red River.

Reps. Pallone, Doyle Call for FCC Oversight Hearing
By John Eggerton published
Democratic leaders on the principal FCC oversight committee want the Republican chair to schedule an FCC oversight hearing ASAP, saying the commission has been willfully evasive

FCC Waives Graphics-Related CVAA Rules for Broadcast, Cable
By John Eggerton published
The FCC has granted analog-only cable systems a permanent waiver from from the requirement to provide audio description of non-textual emergency info, like maps or radar sweeps.

T-Mobile to Help KXAS Move Early
By John Eggerton published
Will get access to spectrum covering multiple Texas markets

NAB Pitches 50 Percent UHF/VHF Discount
By John Eggerton published
Says FCC should retain 39 percent cap but adjust for 'artificially presumed reach' of all stations

FCC's O'Rielly: Thank Goodness for Broadcasters
By John Eggerton published
O'Rielly, speaking to an NAB 2018 audience Tuesday (April 10), said that broadcasters' secret weapon in an increasingly competitive media marketplace was localism.

FCC's Sinclair-Tribune Shot Clock Remains on Pause
By John Eggerton published
The FCC has yet to restart its informal shot clock on reviewing the proposed $3.9 billion merger of Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media.

NAB Tells FCC Retrans Should Be Default Election
By John Eggerton published
Broadcasters have asked the FCC to reverse the presumption from “must-carry” to “retransmission consent” in carriage elections given that most stations now seek retrans payments.

FCC IG Agreed to Investigate Pai Handling of Sinclair-Tribune
By John Eggerton published

FCC Reauthorization Bill to Include TV Repack Fund Boost
By John Eggerton published

FCC Eliminates Broadcast Paper Filing Requirement
By John Eggerton published

Pai Signals FCC to Start New Spectrum Auctions This Year
By John Eggerton published
FCC chair Ajit Pai said the FCC will be holding two spectrum auctions in short order, which means next November and soon thereafter.
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