John Eggerton

Said quarterlies are duplicative for some phase-completion dates.

Said unique character of service requires that regulatory approach.

Moving costs adjusted upward per PPI.

Consolidates merger application, sets comment dates.

Had kept them under wraps for two years.

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.

FCC Chairman cites government shutdown.

As expected, Gray Television has now received both FCC and Department of Justice approvals for its $3.6 billion acquisition of Raycom Media.

NCTA unconvinced effort to open spectrum to 5G protects incumbents.

Latest in regulatory weed whacking.

Says government should incentivize TV white spaces initiative.

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

Will get access to spectrum covering multiple Texas markets

The FCC has set May 7 as the deadline for comment on the information-collection requirements of its ATSC 3.0 rollout framework.

Monday marks effective date of new standard's rollout

Also ask it to scrap UHF discount

Say it is untenable to make stations 'float' 38 percent of repack expenses

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

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

Deal includes potential services agreement with buyer of both

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.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has denied a petition from Prometheus Radio Project that it effectively stay the FCC's November vote to deregulate local broadcast ownership.