2008 Policy Division Headlines

12/31/08
Media Bureau to Resolve Program Carriage Disputes of NFL Enterprises LLC and Comcast Cable Communications LLC.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

12/31/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the "Analog Nightlight" NPRM: January 5 and January 8, 2009.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

12/30/08
Commission Issued Notice of Apparent Liability for a $20,000 Forfeiture and Reporting Conditions to Fox Television Stations, Inc. for Violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Rules.
NALF: Word | Acrobat
Copps and Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/30/08
Commission Issued Notice of Apparent Liability for a $14,000 Forfeiture and Reporting Conditions to Cumulus Licensing LLC for Violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Rules.
NALF: Word | Acrobat
Copps and Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/30/08
Commission Issued Notice of Apparent Liability for a $7,000 Forfeiture and Reporting Conditions to Dickey Broadcasting Company for Violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Rules.
NALF: Word | Acrobat
Copps and Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/30/08
Commission Issued Notice of Apparent Liability for a $14,000 Forfeiture and Reporting Conditions to W.S. Communications, L.L.C. for Violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Rules. Granted Renewal Applications for KWGL(FM) and KAVP(AM).
MO&O & NALF: Word | Acrobat
Copps and Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/30/08
Commission Issued Notice of Apparent Liability for an $8,000 Forfeiture and Reporting Conditions to Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation for Violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Rules. Granted Renewal Applications for WIPR-TV and WIPM-TV.
MO&O & NALF: Word | Acrobat
Copps and Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/30/08
Commission Issued Notice of Apparent Liability for an $8,000 Forfeiture and Reporting Conditions to Urban Radio I, LLC for Violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Rules. Granted Renewal Application for WLIB(AM).
MO&O & NALF: Word | Acrobat
Copps and Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/24/08
FCC Takes Steps to Implement "Analog Nightlight" Act. Comment Date: Five (5) days after publication in Federal Register; Reply Comment Date: Eight (8) days after publication in Federal Register
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Appendix A: Excel | Acrobat
Appendix B: Excel | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/24/08
Media Bureau to Resolve Program Carriage Disputes of Herring Broadcasting, Inc. d/b/a WealthTV, ET AL.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

12/23/08
Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Replacement Digital Low Power Television Translator Stations.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/2/08
Reexamination of the Comparative Standards for Noncommercial Education Applicants.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

10/30/08
Media Bureau Upholds Arbitrator Finding that Time Warner Cable Discriminated Against MASN by Refusing MASN Carriage in North Carolina.
Order: Word | Acrobat

10/17/08
Media Bureau Extended Reply Comment Date on Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising. Extended Reply Comment Date: 11/21/08.
Order: Word | Acrobat

10/10/08
Media Bureau Finds Independent Programmers Make Prima Facie Case of Program Carriage Discrimination Against Cable Operators.
Erratum (10/15/08): Word | Acrobat
MO&HDO: Word | Acrobat

10/10/08
Television Stations Reminded to Update Their FCC Form 387 - DTV Transition Status Report By October 20, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

9/26/08
Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendment to Part 76 of the Commission's Rules.
Declaratory Order: Word | Acrobat

9/26/08
Applications for Consent to Assignment and/or Transfer of Control of Licenses Adelphia Comms. Corp. to Comcast Corp.; Comcast Corp., Transferor, to Time Warner Cable, Inc., Transferee; Time Warner Inc., Transferor, to Comcast Corp., Transferee.
Order: Word | Acrobat

9/24/08
Media Bureau Waives Certain Consumer Education Requirements for Wilmington Stations That Completed Early Digital Transition.
Order: Word | Acrobat

9/12/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Notice of Inquiry Regarding the Development of Devices Capable of Supporting Multiple Audio Entertainment Services. Comment Date: 11/10/08, Reply Comment Date: 12/9/08.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

9/10/08
Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Request of United Church of Christ, Office of Communication, Inc., Media Access Project Regarding Leased Access Order.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

9/4/08
PPM Coalition Files Petition Seeking Commission Inquiry Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
PPMC Emergency Petition: Acrobat

9/4/08
Commission Adopts Order Exempting Certain Cable Systems from Some Material Degradation Digital Carriage Requirements.
R&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

9/3/08
Commission Grants the Joint Request of Network Affiliated Stations Alliance and the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox Television Networks to Resolve NASA Petition.
Declaratory Ruling: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Acrobat

8/28/08
Media Bureau Adopts DIRECTV, Inc. Order and Consent Decree.
Order: Word | Acrobat

8/26/08
Commission Proposes Revisions To FCC Forms 395-A and 395-B.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

8/25/08
Adopted Notice of Inquiry Regarding Development of Devices Capable of Supporting Multiple Audio Entertainment Services.
NOI: Word | Acrobat

8/21/08
FCC Proposes the Prohibition of Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the 700 MHz Band after the Digital Television Transition.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM and Order: Word | Acrobat

8/18/08
FCC Announces Extensive Nationwide Initiative for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

8/18/08
Wilmington North Carolina Broadcasters Will Provide Emergency Announcements and Informational Messages about the DTV Transition after September 8 on Traditional Analog Channels.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

8/12/08
Media Bureau Announces that Deadline for Filing Mandatory EEO FORM 396-C is September 30, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/18/08
FCC Announces Agenda and Witness List for Public En Banc Hearing at Carnegie Mellon University on Broadband and the Digital Future.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

7/14/08
Commission Lifts the Freeze on the Filing of Certain Class A Television Applications Effective August 4, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/10/08
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
Order (James Cable, LLC.): Word | Acrobat

7/9/08
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
Order (Adams CATV Inc.): Word | Acrobat
Order (Waitsfield-Fayston Telephone Co, Inc.): Word | Acrobat

7/2/08
FCC En Banc Hearing and Conference on Overcoming Barriers to Communications Financing.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/2/08
First Quarter 2008 Inflation Adjustment Figures for Cable Operators Using FCC Form 1240 Now Available.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/2/08
Affirmed Modification of Construction Permit for KFME-FM, Garden City, MO.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

7/1/08
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
Order (Guam Cablevision, LLC.): Word | Acrobat
Order (Puerto Rico Cable Acquisition Corp.): Word | Acrobat

6/30/08
FCC Announces Public En Banc Hearing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Broadband and the Digital Future.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

6/26/08
FCC Seeks Comment on Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising Techniques.
NOI/NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

6/20/08
Comment and Reply Comment Deadline Dates Extended for MPAA's Petition for Waiver of the Prohibition on the Use of Selectable Output Controls. Extended Comment Date: 7/21/08; Extended Reply Comment Date: 7/31/08.
Order: Word | Acrobat

6/16/08
Revised the Location for Filing Form 388, DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report.
Order: Word | Acrobat
FCC 388 Report: Acrobat

6/13/08
FCC Announces Agenda for Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop Focused on DTV Converter Boxes on June 19, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/12/08
FCC Denies the Petition for Partial Reconsideration Filed by Adelphia Cable Communications.
Order: Word | Acrobat

6/5/08
MPAA Files Petition for Waiver of the Prohibition on the Use of Selectable Output Controls
(47 C.F.R. § 76.1903).
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/5/08
Royce International Broadcasting Company, Request for Additional Time to Construct New Unbuilt Station KIEV(AM), Culver City, California.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/29/08
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/29/08
Media Bureau Announces Effective Date for Revised Rules in the DTV Consumer Education Initiative and Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/16/08
Television Station Filing Procedures for Broadcast EEO Mid-Term Report (FCC Form 397).
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/30/08
Media Bureau Extends the 2008 Filing Date for Leased Access Annual Reports and Voluntary Comments.
Order: Word | Acrobat

4/24/08
Media Bureau Releases Updated Version of "The Public and Broadcasting" and Announces That Broadcast Information Specialists are Available For Public Inquiries.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/23/08
FCC Releases Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on DTV Consumer Education Initiative.
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
Order & FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

4/11/08
Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Possible Changes to FCC Forms 395-A and 395-B.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Acrobat

4/4/08
Media Bureau Grants Extension of Time to File Oppositions to Request for Stay of Leased Access Order.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/28/08
Media Bureau Announces Effective Date for the Rules in the DTV Consumer Education Initiative.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat | DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report Form 388

3/27/08
The Commission Adopts Rules to Mandate DBS Digital Carry-one, Carry-all and Phase-in High Definition Carry-one, Carry-all.
R&O/NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/21/08
MO&O on Reconsideration in DTV Table of Allotments Proceeding and Eighth R&O Finalizing Post-Transition DTV Allotments Published in Federal Register Today.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/19/08
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

3/19/08
Media Bureau Conditionally Grants Innovative Cable TV, St. Thomas-St. John & St. Croix and Massillon Cable TV Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

3/6/08
The Commission Adopts MO&O on Reconsideration in DTV Table of Allotments Proceeding and Eighth R&O Finalizing Post-Transition DTV Allotments.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Appendix B to DTV Table of Allotments: Excel | Acrobat

3/6/08
Media Bureau Grants Extension of Time to File Comments and Reply Comments in Response to Broadcast Localism Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/5/08
Media Bureau Proposes Amending Final DTV Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Riverside, California).
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

2/27/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Cable and Broadcast Attribution and Cable Vertical Ownership Limits.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/26/08
FCC Dismissed the Applications for Review filed by Johnson Broadcasting of Dallas, Inc.
Order: Word | Acrobat

2/15/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Broadcast Localism Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/11/08
FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Video Programming Diversity by Ensuring New Video Programmers Can Enter and Compete in Video Market.
R&O/NPRM: Word | Acrobat
News Release (12/18/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

2/4/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment And Reply Comment Dates For The Third FNPRM on Cable Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals.
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/30/08
Third DTV Periodic Report and Order Published in Federal Register Today; FCC Forms 301, 337, 340 and 387 Now Available For Filing.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/18/08
Media Bureau Addresses Kucinich Complaint.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

1/17/08
Extension of Time to File Reply Comments on the Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Programming Tying Arrangements.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/14/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Exclusive Service Contracts for Provision of Video Service in Multiple Dwelling Units and Other Real Estate Developments.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

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