Leslie Stimson of Radio World

After Hurricane Sandy, the commission heard how important it was to ensure non-English speaking listeners and viewers can get emergency information.

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) plans to retire at the end of the year. The 87-year-old is the longest-serving member of Congress.

The FCC is taking public comment on its just-released report on how the agency can improve how it accomplishes its business each day.

The number of consumer complaints about broadcast indecency, as well as interference, is dropping. The FCC received 1,520 indecency/obscenity complaints for 2013 and 2,181 in 2012.

In a letter sent to broadcast clients, former Harris Broadcast CEO Charlie Vogt outlines the “milestone” change for the transmission equipment company as it becomes two.

Katherine Winfree is now chief of the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau.

The National Association of Broadcasters is giving a thumbs up to the FCC proposals to tweak the system as federal officials plan the next national EAS test next fall.

“We know this will not be an easy, painless nor inexpensive process.”

Analog LPTV stations operating as radio stations were thought to have a limited shelf life because of the 2015 sunset.

Radio broadcaster iHeartCommunications will pay a $1 million civil penalty to resolve an FCC investigation into misuse of EAS tones.

At issue is how the agency makes its decisions and how the voting process can be opened up so businesses affected by the agency’s decisions, and the public, have more input before votes are cast.

The designation was part of a bill signed into law by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown last week.

The FCC has approved the merger of Journal Communications, Inc. and The E.W. Scripps Co.

The FCC is preparing to act on some aspects of its media ownership rules at its public meeting later this month. For now, all rules remain in place.

A compromise has been reached in the House on FCC reform. Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are expected to approve the bipartisan proposed reforms on Wednesday.

The Corp. for Public Broadcasting has awarded total of $1 million in emergency alerting and communications grants to five public broadcasters.

The FCC commissioners voted to streamline and eliminate outdated portions of its Part 17 rules governing tower construction, marking and lighting.

FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System Program Management Office is targeting late 2015 for another national EAS test.

EAS experts are cautioning broadcasters to change the password of their Emergency Alert System because of three known hacking incidents.

The FCC has updated its rules that would apply during EAS tests. Specifically the agency has established operational standards to be used during future tests and actual emergencies.