Dramatic “optimizing” of FM antenna gets the hairy eyeball from the Audio Division In the FM radio world, there are supposed to be only two kinds of antennas: directional and non-directional. While it has long recognized that that simplisti...
Attention LPTV, Class A TV and TV Translator CP and license applicants: Form 2100 is your ONLY option as of February 23. Last September we introduced our readers to the new “Licensing and Management System” (LMS) that the Commission plans t...
Effective date set for new video captioning requirements In its continuing effort to assure that television programming is more accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing, last February the Commission ratcheted up the captioning requirements f...
If you’re broadcasting video in digital, we’re talking to you. Attention, all DTV broadcasters! It’s that time of year again. Your Form 317 is due at the FCC by December 1. Since that’s the Monday following Thanksgiving wee...
A recent notice about DTV construction permit applications got us thinking about our old friend, the PRA. Has the FCC changed the process for applying for DTV construction permits? Probably not, but a recent notice in the Federal Register seemed to sug...
Comments sought on new Reimbursement Form and related instructions to be used by TV/MVPD’s for post-Incentive Auction claims The Media Bureau has given the television industry a sobering glimpse of what life will be like immediately after the clo...