John Eggerton

FCC will be handing out hundreds of millions

Survey finds press, overall, has trust, accuracy issues, but numbers are improving.

FCC chair Ajit Pai said he has issues with the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger, raising a big cloud over the deal.

Said panel got it wrong and full court needs to step in.

The FCC said Friday (Jan. 19) that if the government shuts down, the commission will not, at least for the first week--through Friday, Jan. 26, at least.

Commission wants to finish tweaks to make process easier.

The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Communications Subcommittee will get a chance to grill the FCC commissioners this month.

Will get access to spectrum covering multiple Texas markets

Says FCC should retain 39 percent cap but adjust for 'artificially presumed reach' of all stations

The FCC has yet to restart its informal shot clock on reviewing the proposed $3.9 billion merger of Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media.

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 chair Ajit Pai said the FCC will be holding two spectrum auctions in short order, which means next November and soon thereafter.

With the close of the FCC broadcast incentive auction last week, FCC Incentive Auction Task Force chairman Gary Epstein will be exiting at the end of the month, Epstein confirmed to B&C.

New FCC chairman Ajit Pai has addressed the troops, as it were, and let them know that closing the digital divide will be a priority under his stewardship. His full text appears below.