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.
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Association says database should not be made available until problems are fixed.

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Looks to refresh LPTV ancillary service docket.
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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.

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Microsoft is pushing the FCC to reserve a "white space" channel in every market in the repack of TV stations following the incentive auction, and broadcasters aren't happy.

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FCC chairman Ajit Pai has tapped Rosemary Harold to head the FCC's Enforcement Bureau as chief.

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The FCC is giving commenters plenty of time to weigh in on its proposal to allow TV broadcasters to start rolling out the ATSC 3.0 next gen transmission standard.

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Sinclair isn't the only one looking to leverage Tribune spectrum to boost next gen TV.

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Says phased transition is ahead of schedule.

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Continues its cross-country march to deliver free online versions of free TV.

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) Monday (July 23) launched another effort at massive communications deregulation, one he has been pushing for most of a decade, so far without success.

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Says FM's, LPTVs should not be guaranteed share of 2019 $400 million in funds.

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Pepperdine professor has been critical of former FCC's net-neutrality rules

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FCC will be handing out hundreds of millions

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

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

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The reboot is meant to convey that the digital age agency now extends far beyond TV and radio to include digital and mobile platforms.
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